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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]
Births
- Amitis Shahbanu, Achaemenid queen[5]
Deaths
- Cambyses I, father of Cyrus the Great and king of Anshan[3]
References
- ^ Webster, Noah (1838). N. J. White (ed.). "An American dictionary of the English language; exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, and definitions of words". New York.
- ^ A. E. Redgate. encyklopedia (ed.). "Saint Bede". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ a b Richard N. Frye. Encyclopaedia Britannica (ed.). "Cyrus II King of Persia". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ Galil, Gershon (1996). E.J. Brill (ed.). The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Leiden. ISBN 9004-10611-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Amitis Shahbanu". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
