557 BC
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Year of the Wood Dragon甲辰( at the beginning of the year, water - hare癸卯)
- Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)
Events
- In the Babylonian calendar, the Babylonian New Year the first Nisannu falls on the 17th - 18th March, the full moon in Nisannu on 30 -31. March and the first Tašritu on the 10th - 11th September ( Full Moon: 24 - September 25, the beginning of autumn. September 23 to 24 ).
Comments
- Year ( 6th century BC)
- 557 BC