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The year 561 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 193 Ab urbe condita.^[1] The denomination 561 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.^[2]

Events

Croesus becomes king of Lydia (or 560 BC).^[3]
All eight solar system planets, including the now redefined dwarf planet Pluto, fall into planetary alignment.^[4]

^ Webster, Noah (1838). N. J. White (ed.). "An American dictionary of the English language; exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, and definitions of words". New York.
^ A. E. Redgate. encyklopedia (ed.). "Saint Bede". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
^ encyclopaedia britannica (ed.). "Croesus King of Lydia". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
^ Dave Kornreich (2015-07-01). Cornell (ed.). "When was the last time all of the planets were aligned?". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
^ encyclopaedia britannica (ed.). "Alyatte II". Retrieved 2016-07-16.