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The year '''520 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 234'' [[Ab urbe condita]]'''''. The denomination 520 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 ===
==== China ====
*[[King Dao of Zhou|King Dao]] becomes king of the [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou Dynasty]] of [[China]] but dies before the end of the year.
== Births ==
* [[Duanmu Ci]], student of [[Confucius]]
== Deaths ==
*[[King Dao of Zhou]], king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]]
*[[King Jing of Zhou (Gui)|King Jing of Zhou]], king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]] from [[544 BC|544]] to 520 BC<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fu |first=Yingchun |last2=Chen |first2=Zifan |last3=Zhou |first3=Songluan |last4=Wei |first4=Shuya |date=2020-02-01 |title=Comparative study of the materials and lacquering techniques of the lacquer objects from Warring States Period China |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440319301475 |journal=Journal of Archaeological Science |volume=114 |pages=105060 |doi=10.1016/j.jas.2019.105060 |issn=0305-4403}}</ref>
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