551 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
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:	554 BC 553 BC 552 BC – 551 BC – 550 BC 549 BC 548 BC

551 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	551 BC
Ab urbe condita	203
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 114
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 20
Ancient Greek era	57th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4200
Bengali calendar	−1143
Berber calendar	400
Buddhist calendar	−6
Burmese calendar	−1188
Byzantine calendar	4958–4959
Chinese calendar	己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2146 or 2086     — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2147 or 2087
Coptic calendar	−834 – −833
Discordian calendar	616
Ethiopian calendar	−558 – −557
Hebrew calendar	3210–3211
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−494 – −493
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2551–2552
Holocene calendar	9450
Iranian calendar	1172 BP – 1171 BP
Islamic calendar	1208 BH – 1207 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1783
Minguo calendar	2462 before ROC 民前2462年
Thai solar calendar	−8 – −7

Births

• September 28 – Confucius, Chinese philosopher

Deaths

• Zoroaster, Persian religious prophet (approximate date)

References