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Events in 551 BC
| 28 September: |  | Confucius, Chinese philosopher, is born K'ung-fu-tzu in Qufu, as traditionally believed on this day. |
Presenting 551 BC
The year 551 BC was a leap year starting on a Tuesday, just like 637 BC, 609 BC, 581 BC in the century before it and 525 BC, 497 BC, 469 BC in the next.
The coloured days highlight
births,
deaths
,
political
,
scientific
,
artistic
and
other
historical milestones, and recurring events such as anniversaries and
holidays
.
The new
,
waxing
,
full
and
waning
icons indicate the phases of the moon and appear only for dates in the Gregorian calendar, i.e. after 14 October 1582. The Chinese calendar is available only from 1645 to 2644, the first millenium since the last reform. The coloured columns mark the Sundays, the last day of the week per standard ISO-8601.
Calculating time
The normal calendar page for the current /year?2013 contains an introduction to the intriguing history of the year as we know it. The Calendar Converter has more detail. The so called Perpetual Calendar uses a trick from before the age of computers to find the weekday for any Gregorian date. Also see an overview of all historical events in the last six thousand years.
URL: < http://4umi.com/year?551BC >, created 23 January 2011, changed 13 September 2012, served 19 June 2013.-
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