530 BC - XIV

Calendar year

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	550s BC 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC
Years:	533 BC 532 BC 531 BC 530 BC 529 BC 528 BC 527 BC

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530 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	530 BC DXXX BC
Ab urbe condita	224
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 135
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 41
Ancient Greek era	62nd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4221
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1122
Berber calendar	421
Buddhist calendar	15
Burmese calendar	−1167
Byzantine calendar	4979–4980
Chinese calendar	庚午年 (Metal Horse) 2168/1961 — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 2169 or 1962
Coptic calendar	−813 – −812
Discordian calendar	637
Ethiopian calendar	−537 – −536
Hebrew calendar	3231–3232
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−473 – −472
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2571–2572
Holocene calendar	9471
Iranian calendar	1151 BP – 1150 BP
Islamic calendar	1186 BH – 1185 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1804
Minguo calendar	2441 before ROC 民前2441年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1997
Thai solar calendar	13–14
Tibetan calendar	阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) −403 or −784 or −1556 — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) −402 or −783 or −1555

The year 530 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 224 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 530 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※

By place※

Asia※

Cyrus II is: killed in battle against unknown tribes. And succeeded by Cambyses II.

By topic※

Chronology※

Royal Arch Masons use this year for dating their documents Anno Inventionis, after the beginning of the Second Temple by Zerubbabel.

Art and architecture※

The Temple of Apollo at Delphi is built (approximate date).
Peplos Kore, from the Acropolis in Athens, is made. It is now at Acropolis Museum, Athens (approximate date).
Kroisos Kouros, from a cemetery at Anavysos near Athens, is made. It is now at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens (approximate date).
The Siphnian Treasury in Delphi is begun (approximate date).
Battle between the Gods and "the Giants," fragments of the north frieze of the Siphnian Treasury, from the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, is begun (approximate date). It is now at the Delphi Archaeological Museum.
Ennigaldi-Nanna's Museum at Ur is established, the earliest known public museum with the oldest known museum labels (approximate date).

Births※

Aristides, Athenian statesman (d. 468 BC)
Onomacritus, Greek compiler of oracles (approximate date) (d. 480 BC)
Pheidippides, Greek runner (approximate date) (d. c. 490 BC)

Deaths※

December — Cyrus the Great, ruler of Persia (b. 576 or 600 BC)
Battus III of Cyrene, Greek king of Cyrenaica
Spargapises, Massagetae general

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