560s BC (original) (raw)

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

Events and Trends

• 560 BC - Croesus becomes king of Lydia

Significant People

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