520s BC

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

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Events and Trends

• 525 BC -- Egypt: End of Twenty-sixth Dynasty, start of Twenty-seventh Dynasty
• 521 BC -- Darius I succeeded Gaumata as ruler of Persia
• 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)

Significant People

• 528 BC -- Death of Cyrus the Great, ruler of ancient Persia
• 527 BC -- Death of Peistratus, Athenian general
• 525 BC -- Birth of Aeschylus, author of Greek tragedies
• 525 BC - Death of Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher (born 585 BC).
• 521 BC, March -- Death of Cambyses II, ruler of ancient Persia (suicide)
• 521 BC, October -- Death of Gaumata, ruler of ancient Persia
• 521 BC -- Death of Zhou jing wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 520 BC -- Death of Zhou dao wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China