559 BC
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Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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559 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 559 BC DLIX BC |
Ab urbe condita | 195 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 106 |
- Pharaoh | Amasis II, 12 |
Ancient Greek era | 55th Olympiad, year 2 |
Assyrian calendar | 4192 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1151 |
Berber calendar | 392 |
Buddhist calendar | −14 |
Burmese calendar | −1196 |
Byzantine calendar | 4950–4951 |
Chinese calendar | 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2139 or 1932 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2140 or 1933 |
Coptic calendar | −842 – −841 |
Discordian calendar | 608 |
Ethiopian calendar | −566 – −565 |
Hebrew calendar | 3202–3203 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −502 – −501 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2542–2543 |
Holocene calendar | 9442 |
Iranian calendar | 1180 BP – 1179 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1216 BH – 1215 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1775 |
Minguo calendar | 2470 before ROC 民前2470年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2026 |
Thai solar calendar | −16 – −15 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −432 or −813 or −1585 — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) −431 or −812 or −1584 |
The year 559 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 195 Ab urbe condita.[1] The denomination 559 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.[2]
Events
[edit]- Cyrus the Great succeeds his father Cambyses I of Anshan.[3]
- In the year of his accession (560–559 BC), the Babylonian king Neriglissar commands the declaration of an intercalendary month, so that his first year of kingship begins on Nisan 1 of 559 BC.[4]
Births
[edit]- Amitis Shahbanu, Achaemenid queen[5]
Deaths
[edit]- Cambyses I, father of Cyrus the Great and king of Anshan[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Webster, Noah (1838). N. J. White (ed.). "An American dictionary of the English language; exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, and definitions of words". New York.
- ^ A. E. Redgate. encyklopedia (ed.). "Saint Bede". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ a b Richard N. Frye. Encyclopaedia Britannica (ed.). "Cyrus II King of Persia". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ Galil, Gershon (1996). E.J. Brill (ed.). The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Leiden. ISBN 9004-10611-1.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Amitis Shahbanu". Retrieved 2016-07-16.