542 BC

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Year of the Earth Sheep己未(at the beginning of earth - horse戊午)

• Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)

Events

• In the Babylonian calendar, the Babylonian New Year falls on the first Nisannu 30 -31. March; the full moon in Nisannu on the 14th - 15th April and the first Tašritu on 23 -24. September.

Comments

• Year ( 6th century BC)
• 542 BC