560 BC

560 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	560 BC DLX BC
Ab urbe condita	194
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 105
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 11
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	55th Olympiad (victor )¹
Assyrian calendar	4191
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1153 – −1152
Berber calendar	391
Buddhist calendar	−15
Burmese calendar	−1197
Byzantine calendar	4949–4950
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal  Rat) 2138 or 1931     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal  Ox) 2139 or 1932
Coptic calendar	−843 – −842
Discordian calendar	607
Ethiopian calendar	−567 – −566
Hebrew calendar	3201–3202
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−503 – −502
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2541–2542
Holocene calendar	9441
Iranian calendar	1181 BP – 1180 BP
Islamic calendar	1217 BH – 1216 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1774
Minguo calendar	2471 before ROC 民前2471年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2027
Thai solar calendar	−17 – −16
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Rat) −433 or −814 or −1586     — to — ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Iron-Ox) −432 or −813 or −1585

The year 560 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 194 Ab urbe condita . ^[1] The denomination 560 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

• Peisistratus seizes the Acropolis in Athens, becoming the city's tyrant for the first time. ^[3]
• Calf bearer (Moscophoros), ^{[N 1]} from the Acropolis, Athens is made. It is now displayed at the Acropolis Museum, Athens (approximate date). ^{[4] [5]}
• Berlin Kore, begun in 570 BC, is finished. It is now displayed in Germany. ^[6]

Births

• Phocylides, Greek gnomic poet from Miletus
• Xenophanes, Greek poet and philosopher born in Colophon (approximate year) ^[7]

Deaths

• Amel-Marduk, king of Babylon ^[8]
• Battus II of Cyrene, Greek king of Cyrene and Cyrenaica ^[9]
• King Gong of Chu, Chinese king of Chu ^[10]
• Leon of Sparta, king of Sparta ^[11] ‹The template Self-published inline is being considered for merging.› ^{[ self-published source? ]}
• Solon Greek poet and statesman (approximate year) ^[12]

Notes

1. Date of creation varies

References

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4. Acropolis Museum. "Male statues. Calf bearer - Around 570 BC" . Retrieved 2016-07-17.
5. "Calf beareer, 560 –570 BC". Getty Images. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
6. "Berlin 1750 (Sculpture)" . Retrieved 2016-07-17.
7. "Xenophanes". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
8. Arnold, Bill T. (2004). Society of Bible Literature (ed.). Who Were the Babylonians?. Society of Biblical Lit. ISBN   1-58983-106-3.
9. Clayman, Dee L (2014). Oxford University Press (ed.). Berenice II and the Golden Age of Ptolemaic Egypt. Oxford. p. 27. ISBN   978-0-19-537089-8.
10. "Chinese Text Project" . Retrieved 2016-07-17.
11. Baumgartner, Daniel Lee (2008). Logos Arete: A Lexicon of the Ancient Greeks. Bloomington: AuthorHouse. ISBN   978-1-4343-6284-1.
12. "Solon". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 24, 2024.