512 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  490s BC  480s BC
Years:	515 BC 514 BC 513 BC – 512 BC – 511 BC 510 BC 509 BC

512 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	512 BC DXI BC
Ab urbe condita	242
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 14
- Pharaoh	Darius I of Persia, 10
Ancient Greek era	67th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4239
Bengali calendar	−1104
Berber calendar	439
Buddhist calendar	33
Burmese calendar	−1149
Byzantine calendar	4997–4998
Chinese calendar	戊子年 (Earth Rat) 2185 or 2125     — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 2186 or 2126
Coptic calendar	−795 – −794
Discordian calendar	655
Ethiopian calendar	−519 – −518
Hebrew calendar	3249–3250
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−455 – −454
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2590–2591
Holocene calendar	9489
Iranian calendar	1133 BP – 1132 BP
Islamic calendar	1168 BH – 1167 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1822
Minguo calendar	2423 before ROC 民前2423年
Thai solar calendar	31–32

Events

By place

China

• Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War, begins serving Helu of Wu as his general and military strategist (approximate date).
• The State of Xu was disestablished following attacks by the states of Wu and Chu

Deaths

• Duke Qing of Jin, ruler of the State of Jin from 525 to 512 BC