560s BC

Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC

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\nEvents and Trends

• 562 BC - Evil-merodach succeeds Nebuchadnezzar as king of Babylon\n* 560 BC - Neriglissar succeeds Evil-merodach as king of Babylon\n* 560 BC - Croesus becomes king of Lydia\n* 560 BC - Pisistratus siezes the Acropolis of Athens and declares himself tyrant. He is deposed in the same year.

\nSignificant People

• May, 563 BC - Birth of Siddhartha Gautama, later known as Gautama Buddha in Lumbini, India.\n* 562 BC - Death of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (approximate date).\n* 560 BC - Birth of Nabu-rimanni in Babylonia, Chaldean astronomer and mathematician (+ 480 BC) (approximate date).