516 BC Chr.
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516 BC In other calendars | |
Buddhist calendar | 28/29 (southern Buddhism); 27/28 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 36th (37th) cycle , year of the wood rooster乙酉 ( at the beginning of the year wood monkey 甲申) |
Greek calendar | 4th year of the 65th / 1st year of the 66th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3245/46 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCXXXVIII (238) |
Ongoing events | |
27th Dynasty (Persian rule) (since 525 BC) during the Late Period in Egypt (since 664 BC) | |
Greek vase painting in Greece:
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Iron Age III in Israel (since 587 BC) | |
Hallstatt Period in Europe (since 650 BC) | |
Eastern Zhou dynasty / period of spring and autumn annals in China (since 770/722 BC) | |
Ancient Greece : Archaic (since approx. 750 BC) | |
Dong-Son culture in northern Vietnam and southern China (since around 800 BC) | |
Middle Preclassic period among the Maya (since approx. 900 BC) | |
Antiquity in the Mediterranean region (since approx. 1200/800 BC) | |
La Venta period ( Olmec ) in Mesoamerica (since around 1500 BC) |
Events
- Milon von Kroton celebrates his sixth and final Olympic victory in wrestling.