561 BC
Calendar year
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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561 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 561 BC DLXI BC |
Ab urbe condita | 193 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 104 |
- Pharaoh | Amasis II, 10 |
Ancient Greek era | 54th Olympiad, year 4 |
Assyrian calendar | 4190 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −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
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ encyclopaedia britannica (ed.). "Croesus King of Lydia". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ Dave Kornreich (2015-07-01). Cornell (ed.). "When was the last time all of the planets were aligned?". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ encyclopaedia britannica (ed.). "Alyatte II". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
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