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:
Decades:
Years:
566 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar566 BC
DLXVI BC
Ab urbe condita188
Ancient Egypt eraXXVI dynasty, 99
- PharaohAmasis II, 5
Ancient Greek era53rd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar4185
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1158
Berber calendar385
Buddhist calendar−21
Burmese calendar−1203
Byzantine calendar4943–4944
Chinese calendar甲午年 (Wood Horse)
2132 or 1925
    — to —
乙未年 (Wood Goat)
2133 or 1926
Coptic calendar−849 – −848
Discordian calendar601
Ethiopian calendar−573 – −572
Hebrew calendar3195–3196
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−509 – −508
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2535–2536
Holocene calendar9435
Iranian calendar1187 BP – 1186 BP
Islamic calendar1223 BH – 1222 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1768
Minguo calendar2477 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

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Athens

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India

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  • Vardhamana attained True Knowledge and became Mahavira.

Births

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  • 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.

Deaths

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