547 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	560s BC 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
Years:	550 BC 549 BC 548 BC 547 BC 546 BC 545 BC 544 BC

547 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	547 BC DXLVII BC
Ab urbe condita	207
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 118
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 24
Ancient Greek era	58th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4204
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1139
Berber calendar	404
Buddhist calendar	−2
Burmese calendar	−1184
Byzantine calendar	4962–4963
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2151 or 1944     — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2152 or 1945
Coptic calendar	−830 – −829
Discordian calendar	620
Ethiopian calendar	−554 – −553
Hebrew calendar	3214–3215
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−490 – −489
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2554–2555
Holocene calendar	9454
Iranian calendar	1168 BP – 1167 BP
Islamic calendar	1204 BH – 1203 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1787
Minguo calendar	2458 before ROC 民前2458年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2014
Thai solar calendar	−4 – −3
Tibetan calendar	阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) −420 or −801 or −1573     — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) −419 or −800 or −1572

The year 547 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 207 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 547 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 seizes the Persian city of Pteria and enslaves its inhabitants. Meanwhile, Cyrus invites the Ionians to join him in battle.
• The Battles of Thymbra and Pteria are fought between Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great.
• Cyrus besieges and captures Sardis.

Deaths

• Anaximander (some sources also give 545 BC or 546 BC)
• Thales of Miletus
• Croesus