531 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC – 6th century BC – 5th century BC
Decades:	560s BC  550s BC  540s BC  – 530s BC –  520s BC  510s BC  500s BC
Years:	534 BC 533 BC 532 BC – 531 BC – 530 BC 529 BC 528 BC

531 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	531 BC
Ab urbe condita	223
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 134
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 40
Ancient Greek era	62nd Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4220
Bengali calendar	−1123
Berber calendar	420
Buddhist calendar	14
Burmese calendar	−1168
Byzantine calendar	4978–4979
Chinese calendar	己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2166 or 2106     — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 2167 or 2107
Coptic calendar	−814 – −813
Discordian calendar	636
Ethiopian calendar	−538 – −537
Hebrew calendar	3230–3231
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−474 – −473
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2571–2572
Holocene calendar	9470
Iranian calendar	1152 BP – 1151 BP
Islamic calendar	1187 BH – 1186 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1803
Minguo calendar	2442 before ROC 民前2442年
Thai solar calendar	12–13

Events

Births

Deaths

• Laozi, Chinese founder of Taoism (approximate date)

References