559 BC

559 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	559 BC; DLIX BC
Ab urbe condita	195
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 106
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 12
Ancient Greek era	55th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4192
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1151
Berber calendar	392
Buddhist calendar	−14
Burmese calendar	−1196
Byzantine calendar	4950–4951
Chinese calendar	辛丑年 (Metal Ox); 2139 or 1932; — to —; 壬寅年 (Water Tiger); 2140 or 1933
Coptic calendar	−842 – −841
Discordian calendar	608
Ethiopian calendar	−566 – −565
Hebrew calendar	3202–3203
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−502 – −501
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2542–2543
Holocene calendar	9442
Iranian calendar	1180 BP – 1179 BP
Islamic calendar	1216 BH – 1215 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1775
Minguo calendar	2470 before ROC; 民前2470年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2026
Thai solar calendar	−16 – −15
Tibetan calendar	阴金牛年; (female Iron-Ox); −432 or −813 or −1585; — to —; 阳水虎年; (male Water-Tiger); −431 or −812 or −1584

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC; 6th century BC ; 5th century BC;
Decades:	570s BC; 560s BC; 550s BC ; 540s BC; 530s BC;
Years:	562 BC; 561 BC; 560 BC; 559 BC ; 558 BC; 557 BC; 556 BC;

The year 559 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 195 Ab urbe condita.^[1] The denomination 559 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.^[2]

Events

Cyrus the Great succeeds his father Cambyses I of Anshan.^[3]
In the year of his accession (560–559 BC), the Babylonian king Neriglissar commands the declaration of an intercalendary month, so that his first year of kingship begins on Nisan 1 of 559 BC.^[4]

Gregorian calendar	559 BC DLIX BC
Ab urbe condita	195
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 106
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 12
Ancient Greek era	55th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4192
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1151
Berber calendar	392
Buddhist calendar	−14
Burmese calendar	−1196
Byzantine calendar	4950–4951
Chinese calendar	辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2139 or 1932 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2140 or 1933
Coptic calendar	−842 – −841
Discordian calendar	608
Ethiopian calendar	−566 – −565
Hebrew calendar	3202–3203
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−502 – −501
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2542–2543
Holocene calendar	9442
Iranian calendar	1180 BP – 1179 BP
Islamic calendar	1216 BH – 1215 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1775
Minguo calendar	2470 before ROC 民前2470年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2026
Thai solar calendar	−16 – −15
Tibetan calendar	阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −432 or −813 or −1585 — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) −431 or −812 or −1584