525 BC

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Year of the Fire Rat丙子( at the beginning of the year Wood Pig乙亥)

• Red-figure vase painting (since 530 BC)
• Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• Mai: In the battle of Pelusium Persian king Cambyses II conquered the Sinai to Egyptian ( Saite ) Pharaoh Psamtik III. and conquers Egypt.
• Cleisthenes is under the tyrant Hippias Archon of Athens.

Nature and Environment

Born

• Aeschylus, Greek tragic poet († 456 BC)

Died

• Psammetichus III. , Egyptian Pharaoh