524 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC
Years:	527 BC 526 BC 525 BC 524 BC 523 BC 522 BC 521 BC

The Birth date of the Lord Buddha was 523 April 30 (tuesday) 10.45 AM

524 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	524 BC DXXIV BC
Ab urbe condita	230
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 2
- Pharaoh	Cambyses II of Persia, 2
Ancient Greek era	64th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4227
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1116
Berber calendar	427
Buddhist calendar	21
Burmese calendar	−1161
Byzantine calendar	4985–4986
Chinese calendar	丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2174 or 1967     — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 2175 or 1968
Coptic calendar	−807 – −806
Discordian calendar	643
Ethiopian calendar	−531 – −530
Hebrew calendar	3237–3238
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−467 – −466
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2577–2578
Holocene calendar	9477
Iranian calendar	1145 BP – 1144 BP
Islamic calendar	1180 BH – 1179 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1810
Minguo calendar	2435 before ROC 民前2435年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1991
Thai solar calendar	19–20
Tibetan calendar	阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) −397 or −778 or −1550     — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) −396 or −777 or −1549

The year 524 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 230 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 524 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

By place

Southern Italy

• Battle of Cumae - An army of Umbrians, Daunians, Etruscans, and others are defeated by the Greeks of Cumae, present-day Italy.

Births

• Themistocles, archon of Athens (approximate date) (d. 459 BC)