551 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 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: | 554 BC · 553 BC · 552 BC · 551 BC · 550 BC · 549 BC · 548 BC |
| 551 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 551 BC DL 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 |
| Bengali calendar | −1143 |
| Berber calendar | 400 |
| Buddhist calendar | −6 |
| Burmese calendar | −1188 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4958–4959 |
| Chinese calendar | 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2146 or 2086 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2147 or 2087 |
| 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 |
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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)
References
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