556 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:	559 BC 558 BC 557 BC – 556 BC – 555 BC 554 BC 553 BC

556 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	556 BC
Ab urbe condita	198
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 109
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 15
Ancient Greek era	56th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4195
Bengali calendar	−1148
Berber calendar	395
Buddhist calendar	−11
Burmese calendar	−1193
Byzantine calendar	4953–4954
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2141 or 2081     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2142 or 2082
Coptic calendar	−839 – −838
Discordian calendar	611
Ethiopian calendar	−563 – −562
Hebrew calendar	3205–3206
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−499 – −498
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2546–2547
Holocene calendar	9445
Iranian calendar	1177 BP – 1176 BP
Islamic calendar	1213 BH – 1212 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1778
Minguo calendar	2467 before ROC 民前2467年
Thai solar calendar	−13 – −12

Events

• Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as king of Babylon.
• Pisistratus is expelled to Euboea from Athens, and makes his fortune from Thrace's mines.
• Nabonidus succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon.

Births

• Simonides of Ceos, approximate date

Deaths

• Labashi-Marduk, king of Babylon
• Neriglissar, king of Babylon

References