554 BC

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Year of the Fire Sheep丁未( at the beginning of the year Fire Horse丙午)

  • Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)

Events

  • In his first year of reign ( 555-554 BC), the Babylonian king Nabonidus makes the leap month Addaru II proclaimed that begins on March 13.
  • In the Babylonian calendar, the Babylonian New Year the first Nisannu falls on the 11th - 12th April, the full moon in Nisannu on the 26th - 27th April and the first Tašritu on the 6th - 7th October.

Comments

  • Year ( 6th century BC)
  • 554 BC
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