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 - 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC

Events

• 528 BC - Gautama Buddha attained Enlightenment, and began his ministry.
• 526 BC - Psammetichus III succeeds Amasis II as king of Egypt.
• 525 BC - Cambyses II, ruler of Persia, conquers Egypt, defeating Psammetichus III. This is considered the end of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, and the start of the Twenty-seventh Dynasty.
• 522 BC - Smerdis succeeds Cambyses II as ruler of Persia.
• 522 BC - Babylon rebels against Persian rule.
• 521 BC - Darius I succeeds Smerdis as ruler of Persia.
• 521 BC - The Babylonian rebellion against Persian rule is suppressed.
• 520 BC - Zhou dao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China but dies before the end of the year.
• 520 BC - Cleomenes I succeeds Anaxandridas as king of Sparta. (approximate date).

Births

• 525 BC - Aeschylus, author of Greek tragedies (d. 456 BC).
• 522 BC - Pindar, Greek poet.

Deaths

• July, 529 BC - Cyrus the Great, ruler of ancient Persia
• 527 BC - Mahavira, major Jain reformist (b. 599 BC).
• 527 BC - Pisistratus, Athenian general.
• 525 BC - Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher (born 585 BC).
• 525 BC - Psammetichus III, the last Pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.
• March, 521 BC - Cambyses II, ruler of ancient Persia (suicide).
• October, 521 BC - Smerdis, ruler of ancient Persia.

520s BC

520'erne f.Kr. | Años 520 adC | Années -520 | 523 AC | 523 v. Chr. | 523 p.n.e. | 523 до н. э. | 520 pred Kr. | 520. pr. n. št. | 523. пне. | 520-luku eaa | MA 520. yıllar