560 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC – 6th century BC – 5th century BC
Decades:	590s BC 580s BC 570s BC – 560s BC – 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC
Years:	563 BC 562 BC 561 BC – 560 BC – 559 BC 558 BC 557 BC

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560 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	560 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
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	2542–2543
Holocene calendar	9441
Iranian calendar	1181 BP – 1180 BP
Islamic calendar	1217 BH – 1216 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1774
Minguo calendar	2471 before ROC 民前2471年
Thai solar calendar	−17 – −16

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Events

Croesus becomes king of Lydia (or 561 BC).
Peisistratos seizes the Acropolis in Athens, becoming the city's tyrant for the first time.
Neriglissar succeeds Amel-Marduk as king of Babylon.
Calf bearer (Moscophoros), from the Acropolis, Athens is made. It is now displayed at the Acropolis Museum, Athens (approximate date).
Berlin Kore, begun in 570 BC, is finished. It is now displayed in Germany.