558 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC
Decades:	580s BC · 570s BC · 560s BC · 550s BC · 540s BC · 530s BC · 520s BC
Years:	561 BC · 560 BC · 559 BC · 558 BC · 557 BC · 556 BC · 555 BC

558 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	558 BC DLVII BC
Ab urbe condita	196
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 107
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 13
Ancient Greek era	55th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4193
Bengali calendar	−1150
Berber calendar	393
Buddhist calendar	−13
Burmese calendar	−1195
Byzantine calendar	4951–4952
Chinese calendar	壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2139 or 2079     — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2140 or 2080
Coptic calendar	−841 – −840
Discordian calendar	609
Ethiopian calendar	−565 – −564
Hebrew calendar	3203–3204
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−501 – −500
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2543–2544
Holocene calendar	9443
Iranian calendar	1179 BP – 1178 BP
Islamic calendar	1215 BH – 1214 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1776
Minguo calendar	2469 before ROC 民前2469年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2025
Thai solar calendar	−15 – −14

The year 558 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 196 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 558 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

• Hegesias removed as Archon of Athens
• The Chinese state of Jin defeats its rival Qin in battle.

Births

• Bimbisara, king of the Magadha Empire in ancient India.

Deaths

• Solon, Athenian statesman
• Duke Dao of Jin, ruler of the State of Jin

References