525 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
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:	528 BC 527 BC 526 BC – 525 BC – 524 BC 523 BC 522 BC

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525 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	525 BC
Ab urbe condita	229
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 1
- Pharaoh	Cambyses II of Persia, 1
Ancient Greek era	63rd Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4226
Bengali calendar	−1117
Berber calendar	426
Buddhist calendar	20
Burmese calendar	−1162
Byzantine calendar	4984–4985
Chinese calendar	乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 2172 or 2112 — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2173 or 2113
Coptic calendar	−808 – −807
Discordian calendar	642
Ethiopian calendar	−532 – −531
Hebrew calendar	3236–3237
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−468 – −467
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2577–2578
Holocene calendar	9476
Iranian calendar	1146 BP – 1145 BP
Islamic calendar	1181 BH – 1180 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1809
Minguo calendar	2436 before ROC 民前2436年
Thai solar calendar	18–19

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Events

Battle of Pelusium - Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt by painting cats and other animals sacred to the Egyptians on his soldiers' shields. The Egyptians run in fear of "harming" these animals. It is said that after the battle, Cambyses hurled cats in the faces of the Egyptians in scorn that they would sacrifice their country for the safety of their animals.^[1]
Cambyses takes Psamtik III prisoner and treats him kindly until he tries to raise a revolt, at which point Psamtik is executed.^[2]
The Twenty-sixth Dynasty ends, and the Twenty-seventh Dynasty begins.