560s BC

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:	569 BC; 568 BC; 567 BC; 566 BC; 565 BC; 564 BC; 563 BC; 562 BC; 561 BC; 560 BC;
Categories:	Births; Deaths;

This article concerns the period 569 BC – 560 BC.

Events and trends[]

569 BC—The 24th Jain Tirthankara, Mahavira, takes Diksha.
568 BC—Amtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as king of Kush.
567 BC—Former pharaoh Apries invades Egypt with Babylonian help but is defeated by Saite pharaoh Amasis II (also known as Ahmose II).
25 May, 567 BC—Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
566 BC—The first known Panathenaic Games of Ancient Greece are held in Athens.
562 BC—Amel-Marduk succeeds Nebuchadnezzar II as king of Babylon.
561 BC—All eight planets of the Solar System as well as the dwarf planet Pluto fall into planetary alignment.^[1]
561 BC/560 BC—Croesus becomes king of Lydia.
560 BC—Neriglissar succeeds Amel-Marduk as king of Babylon.
560 BC—An aristocrat named Pisistratus seizes the Acropolis of Athens and declares himself tyrant. He is deposed in the same year.
c. 560 BC—The statue known as The Calf Bearer (Moschophoros), from the Acropolis, Athens, is completed.

564 BC—Death of Aesop, Greek fable-teller
April 563 BC—Birth of Siddhartha Gautama, later known as Gautama Buddha, in Lumbini, Nepal
563 BC—Death of Queen Maya, mother of Siddhartha Gautama
562 BC—Death of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
560 BC—Death of King Gong of Chu, Chinese king of Chu

^ Dave Kornreich (2015-07-01). Cornell (ed.). "When was the last time all of the planets were aligned?". Retrieved 2016-07-17.

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:	569 BC 568 BC 567 BC 566 BC 565 BC 564 BC 563 BC 562 BC 561 BC 560 BC
Categories:	Births Deaths