546 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium 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 |
| Years: | 549 BC · 548 BC · 547 BC · 546 BC · 545 BC · 544 BC · 543 BC |
| 546 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 546 BC DXLV BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 208 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 119 |
| - Pharaoh | Amasis II, 25 |
| Ancient Greek era | 58th Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4205 |
| Bengali calendar | −1138 |
| Berber calendar | 405 |
| Buddhist calendar | −1 |
| Burmese calendar | −1183 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4963–4964 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2151 or 2091 — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2152 or 2092 |
| Coptic calendar | −829 – −828 |
| Discordian calendar | 621 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −553 – −552 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3215–3216 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −489 – −488 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2555–2556 |
| Holocene calendar | 9455 |
| Iranian calendar | 1167 BP – 1166 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1203 BH – 1202 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1788 |
| Minguo calendar | 2457 before ROC 民前2457年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2013 |
| Thai solar calendar | −3 – −2 |
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The year 546 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 208 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 546 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
- Lydia is conquered by Persia.
- Cyrus makes Pasargadae the capital of Persia.
- Peisistratos takes power in Athens.
- Eupalinos of Megara, a Greek architect, builds aqueducts that supply water to Athens.
- Cyrus establishes a garrison in Sardis and incorporates the Greek cities of Ionia in Asia Minor into the Achaemenid Empire.
- A peace treaty is signed between various Chinese kingdoms.
- A coup takes place in the kingdom of Qi.
Births
Deaths
- Thales, Greek philosopher (approximate date)
References
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