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538 BC Chr.
538 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar 6/7 (southern Buddhism); 5/6 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar 35th (36th) cycle , year of the water-pig癸亥 ( at the beginning of the year water-dog 壬戌)
Greek calendar 2nd / 3rd Year of the 60th Olympiad
Jewish calendar 3223/24
Roman calendar from urbe condita CCXVI (216)
Ongoing events
Iron Age III in Israel (since 587 BC)
Attic vase painting in Greece:
Hallstatt Period in Europe (since 650 BC)
26th Dynasty (time of the Egyptian Restoration) 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

  • around 538 BC Chr .: Lygdamis becomes ruler of Naxos with the help of the Athenian tyrant Peisistratos .
  • around 538 BC Chr .: With the support of Lygdamis , Polykrates becomes tyrant of Samos through a coup during a festival in honor of Hera .

Died