553 BC

553 BC in various
Minguo calendar
	2464 before ROC; 民前2464年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2020
Thai solar calendar	−10 – −9
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年; (female Fire-Goat); −426 or −807 or −1579; — to —; 阳土猴年; (male Earth-Monkey); −425 or −806 or −1578

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC; 6th century BC ; 5th century BC;
Decades:	570s BC; 560s BC; 550s BC ; 540s BC; 530s BC;
Years:	556 BC; 555 BC; 554 BC; 553 BC ; 552 BC; 551 BC; 550 BC;

The year 553 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 201 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 553 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

Cyrus II of Persia revolts against Astyages of the Medes.

Births

Itoku, emperor of Japan (d. 477 BC)

Deaths

References

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