559 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 580s BC · 570s BC · 560s BC · 550s BC · 540s BC · 530s BC · 520s BC |
| Years: | 562 BC · 561 BC · 560 BC · 559 BC · 558 BC · 557 BC · 556 BC |
| 559 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 559 BC DLVIII 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 |
| Bengali calendar | −1151 |
| Berber calendar | 392 |
| Buddhist calendar | −14 |
| Burmese calendar | −1196 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4950–4951 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2138 or 2078 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2139 or 2079 |
| 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 |
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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
- Cyrus the Great succeeds his father Cambyses I of Anshan.[3]
- In the year of his accession, (560 – 559 B.C. ) the babyloniyan king Neriglissar commands the declaration of an intercalendary month, so that his first year of kingship begins on Nissan 1 of 559 B.C.[4]
Births
- Amitis Shahbanu, Achaemenid queen [5]
Deaths
- Cambyses I, father of Cyrus the Great and king of Anshan [3]
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.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "Amitis Shahbanu". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
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