521 BC
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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Centuries: | 7th century BC – 6th century BC – 5th century BC |
Decades: | 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC – 520s BC – 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC |
Years: | 524 BC 523 BC 522 BC – 521 BC – 520 BC 519 BC 518 BC |
521 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 521 BC |
Ab urbe condita | 233 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 5 |
- Pharaoh | Darius I of Persia, 1 |
Ancient Greek era | 64th Olympiad, year 4 |
Assyrian calendar | 4230 |
Bengali calendar | −1113 |
Berber calendar | 430 |
Buddhist calendar | 24 |
Burmese calendar | −1158 |
Byzantine calendar | 4988–4989 |
Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 2176 or 2116 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 2177 or 2117 |
Coptic calendar | −804 – −803 |
Discordian calendar | 646 |
Ethiopian calendar | −528 – −527 |
Hebrew calendar | 3240–3241 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −464 – −463 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2581–2582 |
Holocene calendar | 9480 |
Iranian calendar | 1142 BP – 1141 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1177 BH – 1176 BH |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1813 |
Minguo calendar | 2432 before ROC 民前2432年 |
Thai solar calendar | 22–23 |
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Events
By place
Persian Empire
Deaths
- March - Cambyses, ruler of ancient Persia (suicide)
- October - Gaumata, ruler of ancient Persia