Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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539 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 539 BC DXXXIX BC |
Ab urbe condita | 215 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 126 |
- Pharaoh | Amasis II, 32 |
Ancient Greek era | 60th Olympiad, year 2 |
Assyrian calendar | 4212 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1131 |
Berber calendar | 412 |
Buddhist calendar | 6 |
Burmese calendar | −1176 |
Byzantine calendar | 4970–4971 |
Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2159 or 1952 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2160 or 1953 |
Coptic calendar | −822 – −821 |
Discordian calendar | 628 |
Ethiopian calendar | −546 – −545 |
Hebrew calendar | 3222–3223 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −482 – −481 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2562–2563 |
Holocene calendar | 9462 |
Iranian calendar | 1160 BP – 1159 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1196 BH – 1195 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1795 |
Minguo calendar | 2450 before ROC 民前2450年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2006 |
Thai solar calendar | 4–5 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) −412 or −793 or −1565 — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) −411 or −792 or −1564 |
The year 539 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 215 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 539 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.
Events
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Near East
[edit]- September 25–28? – Battle of Opis: Troops of the Persian Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great decisively defeat those of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
- October 29 – Fall of Babylon: Achaemenid troops under Gobryas enter Babylon unopposed. Cyrus enters the city, incorporating the Neo-Babylonian Empire into the Achaemenid Empire and turning the latter into the largest in the history of the world up until that point.
Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- Nabonidus, last king of Babylon
- Belshazzar, co-regent of Babylon
References
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