520s BC
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Centuries: 7th century BC – 6th century BC – 5th century BC
Decades: 570s BC – 560s BC – 550s BC – 540s BC – 530s BC – 520s BC – 510s BC – 500s BC – 490s BC – 480s BC – 470s BC
Events
- 529 BC – Cambyses II succeeds his father Cyrus as ruler of Persia.
- 526 BC – Psammetichus III succeeds Amasis II as king of Egypt.
- 525 BC – Cambyses II, ruler of Persia, conquers Egypt. This is considered the end of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, and the start of the Twenty-seventh Dynasty.
- 521 BC – Smerdis succeeds Cambyses II as ruler of Persia.
- 521 BC – Darius I succeeds Smerdis as ruler of Persia.
- 520 BC – Zhou dao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China but dies before the end of the year.
- 520 BC – Cleomenes I succeeds Anaxandridas as king of Sparta. (approximate date).
Births
- 525 BC – Aeschylus, author of Greek tragedies (d. 456 BC)
- 522 BC – Pindar, Greek poet
Deaths
- 529 BC, July – Cyrus the Great, ruler of ancient Persia
- 527 BC – Pisistratus, Athenian general
- 525 BC – Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher (born 585 BC)
- 521 BC, March – Cambyses II, ruler of ancient Persia (suicide)
- 521 BC, October – Smerdis, ruler of ancient Persia
Categories: 520s BC