547 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: | 550 BC · 549 BC · 548 BC · 547 BC · 546 BC · 545 BC · 544 BC |
| 547 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 547 BC DXLVI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 207 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 118 |
| - Pharaoh | Amasis II, 24 |
| Ancient Greek era | 58th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4204 |
| Bengali calendar | −1139 |
| Berber calendar | 404 |
| Buddhist calendar | −2 |
| Burmese calendar | −1184 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4962–4963 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2150 or 2090 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2151 or 2091 |
| Coptic calendar | −830 – −829 |
| Discordian calendar | 620 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −554 – −553 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3214–3215 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −490 – −489 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2554–2555 |
| Holocene calendar | 9454 |
| Iranian calendar | 1168 BP – 1167 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1204 BH – 1203 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1787 |
| Minguo calendar | 2458 before ROC 民前2458年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2014 |
| Thai solar calendar | −4 – −3 |
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The year 547 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 207 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 547 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
- Croesus seizes the Persian city of Pteria and enslaves its inhabitants. Meanwhile, Cyrus invites the Ionians to join him in battle.
- The Battles of Thymbra and Pteria are fought between Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great.
- Cyrus besieges and captures Sardis.
Births
Deaths
- Anaximander (some sources also give 545 BC or 546 BC)
- Thales of Miletus
- Croesus
References
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