520 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 550s BC · 540s BC · 530s BC · 520s BC · 510s BC · 500s BC · 490s BC |
| Years: | 523 BC · 522 BC · 521 BC · 520 BC · 519 BC · 518 BC · 517 BC |
| 520 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 520 BC DXIX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 234 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 6 |
| - Pharaoh | Darius I of Persia, 2 |
| Ancient Greek era | 65th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4231 |
| Bengali calendar | −1112 |
| Berber calendar | 431 |
| Buddhist calendar | 25 |
| Burmese calendar | −1157 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4989–4990 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 2177 or 2117 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2178 or 2118 |
| Coptic calendar | −803 – −802 |
| Discordian calendar | 647 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −527 – −526 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3241–3242 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −463 – −462 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2581–2582 |
| Holocene calendar | 9481 |
| Iranian calendar | 1141 BP – 1140 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1176 BH – 1175 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1814 |
| Minguo calendar | 2431 before ROC 民前2431年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1987 |
| Thai solar calendar | 23–24 |
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The year 520 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 234 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 520 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
China
- Zhou dao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China but dies before the end of the year.
Deaths
- Zhou dao wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
- Zhou jing wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China from 544 to 520 BC.
References
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