558 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:	561 BC 560 BC 559 BC – 558 BC – 557 BC 556 BC 555 BC

558 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	558 BC
Ab urbe condita	196
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 107
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 13
Ancient Greek era	55th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4193
Bengali calendar	−1150
Berber calendar	393
Buddhist calendar	−13
Burmese calendar	−1195
Byzantine calendar	4951–4952
Chinese calendar	壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2139 or 2079     — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2140 or 2080
Coptic calendar	−841 – −840
Discordian calendar	609
Ethiopian calendar	−565 – −564
Hebrew calendar	3203–3204
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−501 – −500
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2544–2545
Holocene calendar	9443
Iranian calendar	1179 BP – 1178 BP
Islamic calendar	1215 BH – 1214 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1776
Minguo calendar	2469 before ROC 民前2469年
Thai solar calendar	−15 – −14

Events

• Hegesias removed as Archon of Athens
• The Chinese state of Jin defeats its rival Qin in battle.

Births

• Bimbisara, king of the Magadha Empire in ancient India.

Deaths

• Solon, Athenian statesman
• Duke Dao of Jin, ruler of the State of Jin

References