555 BC

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Year of the fire horse丙午( at the beginning of the year Wood Snake乙巳)

  • Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • The first year of the reign of the Babylonian king Nabonidus begins on 1 Nisannu 555 BC

Science and Technology

  • In the Babylonian calendar, the Babylonian New Year the first Nisannu falls on the 24th - 25th March, the full moon in Nisannu on the 7th - 8th April and the first Tašritu on the 17th - 18th September.

Born

  • Around 555 BC: Milon, Greek Olympic athlete and commander ( † after 510 BC)

Died

  • 555/550 BC: Arcesilaus II, king of Cyrene

Comments

  • Year ( 6th century BC)
  • 555 BC
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