525 BC

Calendar year

Millennium:  | 1st millennium BC

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* 7th century BC
* 6th century BC
* 5th century BC

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* 540s BC
* 530s BC
* 520s BC
* 510s BC
* 500s BC

Years:  |

* 528 BC
* 527 BC
* 526 BC
* 525 BC
* 524 BC
* 523 BC
* 522 BC

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525 BC in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 525 BC
DXXIV BC

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Ab urbe condita| 229
Ancient Egypt era| XXVII dynasty, 1
\- Pharaoh| Cambyses II of Persia, 1
Ancient Greek era| 63rd Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar| 4226
Balinese saka calendar| N/A
Bengali calendar| −1117
Berber calendar| 426
Buddhist calendar| 20
Burmese calendar| −1162
Byzantine calendar| 4984–4985
Chinese calendar| 乙亥年 (Wood Pig)
2172 or 2112
— to —
丙子年 (Fire Rat)
2173 or 2113
Coptic calendar| −808 – −807
Discordian calendar| 642
Ethiopian calendar| −532 – −531
Hebrew calendar| 3236–3237
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| −468 – −467
\- Shaka Samvat| N/A
\- Kali Yuga| 2576–2577
Holocene calendar| 9476
Iranian calendar| 1146 BP – 1145 BP
Islamic calendar| 1181 BH – 1180 BH
Javanese calendar| N/A
Julian calendar| N/A
Korean calendar| 1809
Minguo calendar| 2436 before ROC
民前2436年
Nanakshahi calendar| −1992
Thai solar calendar| 18–19
Tibetan calendar| 阴木猪年
(female Wood-Pig)
−398 or −779 or −1551
— to —
阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
−397 or −778 or −1550

The year 525 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 229  Ab urbe condita. The denomination 525 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[edit]

### By place[edit]

#### Egypt[edit]

* Battle of Pelusium \- Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt by painting cats and other animals sacred to the Egyptians on his soldiers' shields. The Egyptians run in fear of "harming" these animals. It is said that after the battle, Cambyses hurled cats in the faces of the Egyptians in scorn that they would sacrifice their country for the safety of their animals.[1]
* Cambyses takes Psamtik III prisoner and treats him kindly until he tries to raise a revolt, at which point Psamtik is executed.[1]
* The Twenty-sixth Dynasty ends, and the Twenty-seventh Dynasty begins.

Somalia

* After conquering Egypt, the Persian king Cambyses II sent ambassadors to Macrobia, bringing luxury gifts for the Macrobian king to entice his submission. The Macrobian king replied instead with a challenge for his Persian counterpart in the form of an unstrung bow: if the Persians could manage to string it, they would have the right to invade his country; but until then, they should thank the gods that the Macrobians never decided to invade their empire.[2]

## Astronomy[edit]

* September 17, 525 BC- Venus occult Antares the next such occurrence will not take place until November 17, 2400 AD.[3]

## Births[edit]

* Aeschylus, author of Greek tragedies

## Deaths[edit]

* Psammetichus III, Egyptian pharaoh
* Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek scientist and philosopher (b. 585 BC)

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 525 BC.

1. ^ a b "The Battle of Pelusium: A Victory Decided by Cats". World History Encyclopedia.
2. ^ White, John S. (2018-04-05). The Boys ́ and Girls ́ Herodotus. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-7326-5420-8.
3. ^ Journal of the British Astronomical Association ISBN 978-1-345-66291-7 p. 155

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