566 BC

The year 566 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 188 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 566 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:	580s BC 570s BC 560s BC 550s BC 540s BC
Years:	569 BC 568 BC 567 BC 566 BC 565 BC 564 BC 563 BC

566 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	566 BC DLXVI BC
Ab urbe condita	188
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 99
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 5
Ancient Greek era	53rd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4185
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1158
Berber calendar	385
Buddhist calendar	−21
Burmese calendar	−1203
Byzantine calendar	4943–4944
Chinese calendar	甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2132 or 1925     — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 2133 or 1926
Coptic calendar	−849 – −848
Discordian calendar	601
Ethiopian calendar	−573 – −572
Hebrew calendar	3195–3196
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−509 – −508
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2535–2536
Holocene calendar	9435
Iranian calendar	1187 BP – 1186 BP
Islamic calendar	1223 BH – 1222 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1768
Minguo calendar	2477 before ROC 民前2477年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2033
Thai solar calendar	−23 – −22
Tibetan calendar	阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) −439 or −820 or −1592     — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) −438 or −819 or −1591

Events

By place

Athens

• The first known Panathenaic Games of Ancient Greece are conducted in Athens.

India

• Vardhamana attained True Knowledge and became Mahavira.

Births

• Zerubbabel, Jewish leader.
• Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. Although it is unknown for certain what his birth year was, 566 BCE is the most commonly given date.