547 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC – 6th century BC – 5th century BC
Decades:	570s BC  560s BC  550s BC  – 540s BC –  530s BC  520s BC  510s BC
Years:	550 BC 549 BC 548 BC – 547 BC – 546 BC 545 BC 544 BC

547 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	547 BC
Ab urbe condita	207
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 118
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 24
Ancient Greek era	58th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4204
Bengali calendar	−1139
Berber calendar	404
Buddhist calendar	−2
Burmese calendar	−1184
Byzantine calendar	4962–4963
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2150 or 2090     — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2151 or 2091
Coptic calendar	−830 – −829
Discordian calendar	620
Ethiopian calendar	−554 – −553
Hebrew calendar	3214–3215
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−490 – −489
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2555–2556
Holocene calendar	9454
Iranian calendar	1168 BP – 1167 BP
Islamic calendar	1204 BH – 1203 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1787
Minguo calendar	2458 before ROC 民前2458年
Thai solar calendar	−4 – −3

Events

• Croesus seizes the Persian city of Pteria and enslaves its inhabitants. Meanwhile, Cyrus invites the Ionians to join him in battle.
• The Battles of Thymbra and Pteria are fought between Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great.
• Cyrus besieges and captures Sardis.

Births

Deaths

• Anaximander (some sources also give 545 BC or 546 BC)
• Thales of Miletus
• Croesus

References