561 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 590s BC · 580s BC · 570s BC · 560s BC · 550s BC · 540s BC · 530s BC |
| Years: | 564 BC · 563 BC · 562 BC · 561 BC · 560 BC · 559 BC · 558 BC |
| 561 BC by topic |
| Politics |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 561 BC DLX 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 |
| Bengali calendar | −1153 |
| Berber calendar | 390 |
| Buddhist calendar | −16 |
| Burmese calendar | −1198 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4948–4949 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2136 or 2076 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2137 or 2077 |
| 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 |
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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 II, king of Lydia (or 560 BC)[5]
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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