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521 BC

The year 521 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 233 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 521 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.


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Gregorian calendar
233
XXVII dynasty, 5
Darius I of Persia, 1
64th Olympiad, year 4
4230
N/A
−1114 – −1113
430
24
−1158
4988–4989
己卯年 (Earth Rabbit)2177 or 1970    — to —庚辰年 (Metal Dragon)2178 or 1971
−804 – −803
646
−528 – −527
3240–3241
−464 – −463
N/A
2580–2581
9480
1142 BP – 1141 BP
1177 BH – 1176 BH
N/A
N/A
1813
2432 before ROC民前2432年
−1988
22–23
ས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་(female Earth-Hare)−394 or −775 or −1547    — to —ལྕགས་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་(male Iron-Dragon)−393 or −774 or −1546

The year 521 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 233 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 521 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.

  • Darius I succeeded Gaumata as ruler of Persia.

  • Leonidas I. King of Sparta

  • March – Cambyses, ruler of ancient Persia (suicide)

  • October – Gaumata, ruler of ancient Persia

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