560 BC

560 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	560 BC; DLIX BC
Ab urbe condita	194
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 105
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 11
Ancient Greek era	55th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4191
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1152
Berber calendar	391
Buddhist calendar	−15
Burmese calendar	−1197
Byzantine calendar	4949–4950
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat); 2137 or 2077; — to —; 辛丑年 (Metal Ox); 2138 or 2078
Coptic calendar	−843 – −842
Discordian calendar	607
Ethiopian calendar	−567 – −566
Hebrew calendar	3201–3202
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−503 – −502
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2541–2542
Holocene calendar	9441
Iranian calendar	1181 BP – 1180 BP
Islamic calendar	1217 BH – 1216 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1774
Minguo calendar	2471 before ROC; 民前2471年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2027
Thai solar calendar	−17 – −16
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年; (male Iron-Rat); −433 or −814 or −1586; — to —; 阴金牛年; (female Iron-Ox); −432 or −813 or −1585

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC; 6th century BC ; 5th century BC;
Decades:	580s BC; 570s BC; 560s BC; 550s BC; 540s BC;
Years:	563 BC; 562 BC; 561 BC; 560 BC; 559 BC; 558 BC; 557 BC;

The year 560 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 194 Ab urbe condita.^[1] The denomination 560 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.^[2]

Events[]

Peisistratus seizes the Acropolis in Athens, becoming the city's tyrant for the first time.^[3]
Calf bearer (Moscophoros),^{[N 1]} from the Acropolis, Athens is made. It is now displayed at the Acropolis Museum, Athens (approximate date).^[4]^[5]
Berlin Kore, begun in 570 BC, is finished. It is now displayed in Germany.^[6]

^ Webster, Noah (1838). N. J. White (ed.). "An American dictionary of the English language; exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, and definitions of words". New York.
^ A. E. Redgate. encyklopedia (ed.). "Saint Bede". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
^ Chester G. Starr. "Peisistratus Tyran of Athens". encyclopaedia britannica. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
^ Acropolis Museum. "Male statues. Calf bearer - Around 570 BC". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
^ "Calf beareer, 560 –570 BC". Getty Images. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
^ "Berlin 1750 (Sculpture)". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
^ Arnold, Bill T. (2004). Society of Bible Literature (ed.). Who Were the Babylonians?. ISBN 1-58983-106-3.
^ Clayman, Dee L (2014). Oxford University Press (ed.). Berenice II and the Golden Age of Ptolemaic Egypt. Oxford. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-19-537089-8.
^ "Chinese Text Project". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
^ Baumgartner, Daniel Lee (2008). Logos Arete: A Lexicon of the Ancient Greeks. Bloomington: AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4343-6284-1.

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Gregorian calendar	560 BC DLIX BC
Ab urbe condita	194
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 105
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 11
Ancient Greek era	55th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4191
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1152
Berber calendar	391
Buddhist calendar	−15
Burmese calendar	−1197
Byzantine calendar	4949–4950
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2137 or 2077 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2138 or 2078
Coptic calendar	−843 – −842
Discordian calendar	607
Ethiopian calendar	−567 – −566
Hebrew calendar	3201–3202
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−503 – −502
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2541–2542
Holocene calendar	9441
Iranian calendar	1181 BP – 1180 BP
Islamic calendar	1217 BH – 1216 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1774
Minguo calendar	2471 before ROC 民前2471年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2027
Thai solar calendar	−17 – −16
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −433 or −814 or −1586 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −432 or −813 or −1585

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