561 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
Years:	564 BC 563 BC 562 BC 561 BC 560 BC 559 BC 558 BC

561 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	561 BC DLXI BC
Ab urbe condita	193
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 104
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 10
Ancient Greek era	54th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4190
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1153
Berber calendar	390
Buddhist calendar	−16
Burmese calendar	−1198
Byzantine calendar	4948–4949
Chinese calendar	己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2137 or 1930     — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2138 or 1931
Coptic calendar	−844 – −843
Discordian calendar	606
Ethiopian calendar	−568 – −567
Hebrew calendar	3200–3201
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−504 – −503
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2540–2541
Holocene calendar	9440
Iranian calendar	1182 BP – 1181 BP
Islamic calendar	1218 BH – 1217 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1773
Minguo calendar	2472 before ROC 民前2472年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2028
Thai solar calendar	−18 – −17
Tibetan calendar	阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) −434 or −815 or −1587     — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −433 or −814 or −1586

The year 561 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 193 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 561 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

• Croesus becomes king of Lydia (or 560 BC).
• All eight solar system planets, including the now redefined dwarf planet Pluto, fall into planetary alignment.

Deaths

• Alyattes, king of Lydia (or 560 BC)
• Zedekiah, king of Judah