What happened in 530 BC?
2 recorded events in 530 BC, including 1 in people and 1 in architecture & engineering.
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People 1
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Cyrus the Great died
Died in Syr Darya. Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC).
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Architecture & Engineering 1
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Tomb of Cyrus the Great
Tomb in Pasargadae, Iran
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 530 BC.
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Babylonia dissolved
Babylonia ceased to exist, having been centered at Babylon.
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Elam dissolved
Elam ceased to exist, having been centered at Susa.
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Nabonidus died
Died in Carmania Satrapy. King of Babylon.
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Velia founded
Velia was founded.
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Heraclitus born
Born in Ephesus. Greek philosopher (late 6th/early 5th-century BC).
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Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley
C. 535/518–323 BCE conquest
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Edom dissolved
Edom ceased to exist, having been centered at Bozrah.
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Anaximenes of Miletus died
Died in Miletus. Greek Ionian Pre-Socratic philosopher (c.586–c.526 BC).
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Anaximenes of Miletus died
Died in Miletus. Greek Ionian Pre-Socratic philosopher (c.586–c.526 BC).
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Battle of Pelusium
525 BCE battle between Egypt and Achaemenid Empire
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Aeschylus born
Born in Elefsina. Ancient Athenian playwright.
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Themistocles born
Born in Athens. Athenian politician and general (c. 524–459 BC).
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