551 BC - XIV

Calendar year

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:	554 BC 553 BC 552 BC 551 BC 550 BC 549 BC 548 BC

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551 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	551 BC DLI BC
Ab urbe condita	203
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 114
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 20
Ancient Greek era	57th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4200
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1143
Berber calendar	400
Buddhist calendar	−6
Burmese calendar	−1188
Byzantine calendar	4958–4959
Chinese calendar	己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2147/1940 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2148 or 1941
Coptic calendar	−834 – −833
Discordian calendar	616
Ethiopian calendar	−558 – −557
Hebrew calendar	3210–3211
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−494 – −493
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2550–2551
Holocene calendar	9450
Iranian calendar	1172 BP – 1171 BP
Islamic calendar	1208 BH – 1207 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1783
Minguo calendar	2462 before ROC 民前2462年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2018
Thai solar calendar	−8 – −7
Tibetan calendar	阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) −424 or −805 or −1577 — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) −423 or −804 or −1576

The year 551 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 203 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 551 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.

Births※

September 28 – Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479 BC)

Deaths※

Zoroaster, Persian religious prophet (approximate date)

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