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* 559 BC - Cyrus the Persian's reign begins.
* 556 BC
# [Daniel 10:1-3] - Daniel (or Baltasar) commences a three week Passover fast (see Deut. 16:5-6) held in the first month and in Jerusalem according to Deut. 16:5-6.# [Daniel 10:4-7] - Daniel has a vision on the 24th day of that month .;;According to St Basil and St Hippolytos, this was of the prefiguration of the Incarnation of Christ. According to St Ephraim the Syrian and St Chrysostom, Daniel beheld a vision of an angel.
* 539 BC - Darius Mede begins his reign over the Chaldean kingdom (Babbylon had been taken by the Medes and Persians under Cyrus in the year 539-538).
[Daniel 9:1-3]
