556 BC

The year 556 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 198 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 556 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.

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:	559 BC 558 BC 557 BC 556 BC 555 BC 554 BC 553 BC

556 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	556 BC DLVI BC
Ab urbe condita	198
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 109
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 15
Ancient Greek era	56th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4195
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1148
Berber calendar	395
Buddhist calendar	−11
Burmese calendar	−1193
Byzantine calendar	4953–4954
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2142 or 1935     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2143 or 1936
Coptic calendar	−839 – −838
Discordian calendar	611
Ethiopian calendar	−563 – −562
Hebrew calendar	3205–3206
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−499 – −498
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2545–2546
Holocene calendar	9445
Iranian calendar	1177 BP – 1176 BP
Islamic calendar	1213 BH – 1212 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1778
Minguo calendar	2467 before ROC 民前2467年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2023
Thai solar calendar	−13 – −12
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) −429 or −810 or −1582     — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) −428 or −809 or −1581

Events

• Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as king of Babylon.
• Pisistratus is expelled to Euboea from Athens, and makes his fortune from Thrace's mines.
• Nabonidus succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon.

Births

• Simonides of Ceos, approximate date

Deaths

• Labashi-Marduk, king of Babylon
• Neriglissar, king of Babylon