526 BC

The year 526 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 244 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 526 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC
Years:	529 BC 528 BC 527 BC 526 BC 525 BC 524 BC 523 BC

526 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	526 BC DXXV BC
Ab urbe condita	228
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 139
- Pharaoh	Psamtik III, 1
Ancient Greek era	63rd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4225
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1118
Berber calendar	425
Buddhist calendar	19
Burmese calendar	−1163
Byzantine calendar	4983–4984
Chinese calendar	甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 2171 or 2111     — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 2172 or 2112
Coptic calendar	−809 – −808
Discordian calendar	641
Ethiopian calendar	−533 – −532
Hebrew calendar	3235–3236
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−469 – −468
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2575–2576
Holocene calendar	9475
Iranian calendar	1147 BP – 1146 BP
Islamic calendar	1182 BH – 1181 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1808
Minguo calendar	2437 before ROC 民前2437年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1993
Thai solar calendar	17–18
Tibetan calendar	阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) −399 or −780 or −1552     — to — 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) −398 or −779 or −1551

Events

Births

• Wu Zixu, Chinese politician and general

Deaths

• Amasis II, Egyptian pharaoh
• Duke Zhao of Jin, ruler of the State of Jin 531 to 526 BC

References