532 BC

The year 532 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 222 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 532 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	550s BC 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC
Years:	535 BC 534 BC 533 BC 532 BC 531 BC 530 BC 529 BC

532 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	532 BC DXXXII BC
Ab urbe condita	222
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 133
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 39
Ancient Greek era	62nd Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4219
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1124
Berber calendar	419
Buddhist calendar	13
Burmese calendar	−1169
Byzantine calendar	4977–4978
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2166 or 1959     — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2167 or 1960
Coptic calendar	−815 – −814
Discordian calendar	635
Ethiopian calendar	−539 – −538
Hebrew calendar	3229–3230
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−475 – −474
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2569–2570
Holocene calendar	9469
Iranian calendar	1153 BP – 1152 BP
Islamic calendar	1188 BH – 1187 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1802
Minguo calendar	2443 before ROC 民前2443年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1999
Thai solar calendar	11–12
Tibetan calendar	阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) −405 or −786 or −1558     — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) −404 or −785 or −1557

Bust of Pythagoras (c. 570–495 BC)

Events

By place

Europe

• Pythagoras arrives in the Greek colony of Croton (modern-day Crotone) in Magna Graecia and founds the philosophical school of Pythagoreanism (approximate date).

Births

Deaths

• Ping, ruler (duke) of the State of Jin (from 557 to 532 BC)

References