550 BC
550 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 550 BC |
Ab urbe condita | 204 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 115 |
- Pharaoh | Amasis II, 21 |
Ancient Greek era | 57th Olympiad, year 3 |
Assyrian calendar | 4201 |
Bengali calendar | −1142 |
Berber calendar | 401 |
Buddhist calendar | −5 |
Burmese calendar | −1187 |
Byzantine calendar | 4959–4960 |
Chinese calendar | 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2147 or 2087 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2148 or 2088 |
Coptic calendar | −833 – −832 |
Discordian calendar | 617 |
Ethiopian calendar | −557 – −556 |
Hebrew calendar | 3211–3212 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −493 – −492 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2552–2553 |
Holocene calendar | 9451 |
Iranian calendar | 1171 BP – 1170 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1207 BH – 1206 BH |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1784 |
Minguo calendar | 2461 before ROC 民前2461年 |
Thai solar calendar | −7 – −6 |
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Events
- Colonization of Greeks ends (approximate date).
- The Achaemenid Empire is established
- The Kingdom of Colchis is established
- Abdera is destroyed by the Thracians
- The Temple of Artemis completed in Ephesus
- Temple of Hera I, Paestum, Italy, is built (approximate date)
- Siddhartha Gautama founded Buddhism in Northern India after achieving enlightenment after six years of practicing penance and meditation
Births
- Aristodemus of Cumae, tyrant of Cumae
- Hecataeus of Miletus, an early Greek historian
- Miltiades, renowned Olympic chariot-racer
- Epicharmus, Greek poet
Deaths
- Arcesilaus II of Cyrene, the fourth Greek Cyrenaean King and a member of the Battiad dynasty. He was stangled by Learchus
References
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