546 BC
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Year of the Hare wood乙卯( at the beginning of the year Wood Tiger甲寅)
- Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- Third coup attempt of Pisistratus in Athens (supported by Lygdamos of Naxos ); this time he successfully built and remains a tyranny.
Science and Technology
- In his tenth year of reign ( 546-545 BC), the Babylonian king Nabonidus makes the leap month Ululu II exclaim, which began on September 8.
- In the Babylonian calendar, the Babylonian New Year the first Nisannu falls on the 14th - 15th March; the full moon in Nisannu on the 29th - 30th March and the first Tašritu on the 7th - 8th October.