559 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: 562 BC · 561 BC · 560 BC · 559 BC · 558 BC · 557 BC · 556 BC
559 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar559 BC
DLVIII BC
Ab urbe condita195
Ancient Egypt eraXXVI dynasty, 106
- PharaohAmasis II, 12
Ancient Greek era55th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar4192
Bengali calendar−1151
Berber calendar392
Buddhist calendar−14
Burmese calendar−1196
Byzantine calendar4950–4951
Chinese calendar辛丑(Metal Ox)
2138 or 2078
     to 
壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
2139 or 2079
Coptic calendar−842 – −841
Discordian calendar608
Ethiopian calendar−566 – −565
Hebrew calendar3202–3203
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−502 – −501
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2542–2543
Holocene calendar9442
Iranian calendar1180 BP – 1179 BP
Islamic calendar1216 BH – 1215 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1775
Minguo calendar2470 before ROC
民前2470年
Nanakshahi calendar−2026
Thai solar calendar−16 – −15
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The year 559 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 195 Ab urbe condita.[1] The denomination 559 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.[2]

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References

  1. Webster, Noah (1838). N. J. White, ed. "An American dictionary of the English language; exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, and definitions of words". New York.
  2. A. E. Redgate. encyklopedia, ed. "Saint Bede". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  3. 1 2 Richard N. Frye. encyclopaedia britannica, ed. "Cyrus II King of Persia". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  4. Galil, Gershon (1996). E.J. Brill, ed. The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Leiden. ISBN 9004-10611-1.
  5. "Amitis Shahbanu". Retrieved 2016-07-16.


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