561 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	580s BC 570s BC 560s BC 550s BC 540s BC
Years:	564 BC 563 BC 562 BC 561 BC 560 BC 559 BC 558 BC
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561 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	561 BC DLXI BC
Ab urbe condita	193
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 104
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 10
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	54th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4190
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1154 – −1153
Berber calendar	390
Buddhist calendar	−16
Burmese calendar	−1198
Byzantine calendar	4948–4949
Chinese calendar	己亥年 (Earth  Pig) 2137 or 1930     — to — 庚子年 (Metal  Rat) 2138 or 1931
Coptic calendar	−844 – −843
Discordian calendar	606
Ethiopian calendar	−568 – −567
Hebrew calendar	3200–3201
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−504 – −503
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2540–2541
Holocene calendar	9440
Iranian calendar	1182 BP – 1181 BP
Islamic calendar	1218 BH – 1217 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1773
Minguo calendar	2472 before ROC 民前2472年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2028
Thai solar calendar	−18 – −17
Tibetan calendar	阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) −434 or −815 or −1587     — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −433 or −814 or −1586

The year 561 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 193 Ab urbe condita . ^[1] The denomination 561 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

• Croesus becomes king of Lydia (or 560 BC). ^[3]
• All eight solar system planets, including the now redefined dwarf planet Pluto, fall into planetary alignment. ^[4]

Deaths

• Alyattes, king of Lydia (or 560 BC) ^[5]
• Zedekiah, king of Judah

References

1. 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.
2. A. E. Redgate. encyklopedia (ed.). "Saint Bede" . Retrieved 2016-07-16.
3. encyclopaedia britannica (ed.). "Croesus King of Lydia" . Retrieved 2016-07-16.
4. Dave Kornreich (2015-07-01). Cornell (ed.). "When was the last time all of the planets were aligned?" . Retrieved 2016-07-17.
5. encyclopaedia britannica (ed.). "Alyatte II" . Retrieved 2016-07-16.