522 BC Chr.
Portal history | Portal Biographies | Current events | Annual calendar
◄ |
7th century BC Chr. |
6th century BC Chr. |
5th century BC Chr. |
►
◄ | 540 BC Chr. | 530s BC Chr. | 520 BC Chr. | 510 BC Chr. |
500 BC Chr. |
►
◄◄ | ◄ | 525 BC Chr. | 524 BC Chr. | 523 BC Chr. | 522 BC Chr. |
521 BC Chr. |
520 BC Chr. |
519 BC Chr. |
► |
►►
| 522 BC Chr. | |
|---|---|
 After the death of Cambyses II , Darius I ascends the throne as ruler of the Persian Achaemenid Empire . |
|
| 522 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 22/23 (southern Buddhism); 21/22 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 36th (37th) cycle , year of the earth-hare己卯 ( at the beginning of the year earth-tiger 戊寅) |
| Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 64th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3239/40 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCXII (212) |
| Ongoing events | |
Attic vase painting in Greece:
|
|
| Iron Age III in Israel (since 587 BC) | |
| Hallstatt Period in Europe (since 650 BC) | |
| 26th Dynasty (time of the Egyptian Restoration) / 27th Dynasty (Persian rule) during the late period in Egypt (since 664 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 among the Olmecs in Mesoamerica (since approx. 1500 BC) | |
Events
- July: After the death of Cambyses II , Darius I ascends the throne as ruler of the Persian Achaemenid Empire . A short time later, several uprisings of the so-called " kings of lies " break out against him in the empire .
- October 3 to December 21 : Nabu-kudurri-usur III. ruled the Babylonian Empire as a usurper for three months , but was then defeated and killed by the Persian great king Dareios I.
- Oroites , the Persian governor in Sardis , lures Polykrates , the tyrant of Samos , into an ambush and kills him.
Born
Died
- July: Cambyses II , Persian great king
- July: Prexaspes , Persian nobleman, murderer of Bardiya
- September 29th : Gaumata , Persian magician and possible usurper, possibly also the real Bardiya
- December 21 : Nabu-kudurri-usur III. , Babylonian king, usurper against Dareios I.
- Polycrates , tyrant of Samos