549 BC
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Year of the Earth Rat壬子( at the beginning of the year Metal Pig辛亥)
- Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)
Events
- In its sixth year of reign ( 550-549 BC), the Babylonian king Nabonidus makes the leap month Addaru II proclaimed that begins on March 18.
- In the Babylonian calendar, the Babylonian New Year the first Nisannu falls on the 16th - 17th April; the full moon in Nisannu on the 29th - 30th April and the first Tašritu to the 9th - 10th October.
Born
- Darius I, the Persian Great King († 486 BC)
Died
Comments
- Year ( 6th century BC)
- 549 BC