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The 560s BC

25 sourced entries across 8 years, inside the 6th century BC. Each year below opens its own page; the lines under it are that year’s highest-ranked entries.

568 BCE2 entries

  • Amtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as king of Kush.

567 BCE3 entries

  • May 25—Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
  • Deposed pharaoh Apries invades Egypt with Babylonian help but is defeated by Amasis II.

566 BCE3 entries

  • The first known Panathenaic Games of Ancient Greece are conducted in Athens.
  • Vardhamana attained True Knowledge and became Mahavira.

564 BCE2 entries

563 BCE1 entries

  • 563 BC—Death of Queen Maya, mother of Siddhartha Gautama

562 BCE2 entries

  • Amel-Marduk succeeds Nebuchadnezzar II as king of Babylon.

561 BCE3 entries

  • All eight solar system planets, including the now redefined dwarf planet Pluto, fall into planetary alignment.
  • Croesus becomes king of Lydia (or 560 BC).

560 BCE9 entries

  • Calf bearer (Moscophoros), from the Acropolis, Athens is made. It is now displayed at the Acropolis Museum, Athens (approximate date).
  • Berlin Kore, begun in 570 BC, is finished. It is now displayed in Germany.
  • Peisistratus seizes the Acropolis in Athens, becoming the city's tyrant for the first time.