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 Panathenaic prize amphorae awarded. |
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| 566 BC Chr. In other calendars | |
| Chinese calendar | 35th (36th) cycle ;
Year of the wood sheep乙未 ( at the beginning of the year wood horse 甲午) |
| Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 53rd Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3195/96 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CLXXXVIII (188) |
| Ongoing events | |
| Iron Age III in Israel (since 587 BC) | |
Attic vase painting in Greece:
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| 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) | |
| 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
science and technology
- Nabu-šuma-ukin, son of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II , changes his name to Amēl-Marduk ( man of Marduk ) in the month of Ululu .
- In the Babylonian calendar , the Babylonian New Year of Nisannu 1 falls on the 26-27. March, the full moon in Nisannu on April 8th and the 1st Tašritu on April 18-19. September.
Culture and sport
- The Panathenaic first time Panathenaic prize amphorae awarded.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Date in the Gregorian calendar ; In the Julian calendar system , 6 days are to be added to the Gregorian date. The date is based on NASA information ( memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) taking into account the T-Delta. For Babylonia, the time zone surcharge of 3 hours must be taken into account for Universal Time (UT); according to Jean Meeus : Astronomical Algorithms - Applications for Ephemeris Tool 4,5 - , Barth, Leipzig 2000 for: Ephemeris Tool 4,5 according to Jean Meeus, conversion program, 2001 .
- ^ Hermann Hunger: Lunar and Planetary Texts (Astronomical Diaries and related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. 5) . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7001-3028-7 , p. 395.