Editing 6th century BC (section)

=== [[510s BC]] ===
[[File:Lao Tzu - Project Gutenberg eText 15250.jpg|thumb|150px|upright|Image of [[Laozi]]]]
* [[519 BC]]: [[King Jing of Zhou (Ji Gai)|King Jing of Zhou]] becomes king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]].
* [[516 BC]]: [[Indian subcontinent]]—Occupation of [[Punjab region|Punjab]] is completed by the [[Achaemenid]] [[Monarch|King]] [[Darius I]].
* 12 March [[515 BC]]: Construction is completed on the [[Temple in Jerusalem]].
* [[514 BC]]: [[King Helü of Wu]] establishes the "Great City of Helü", the ancient name for [[Wuxi]], as his [[Capital (political)|capital]] in [[China]].
* [[513 BC]]: [[Darius I of Persia|Darius the Great]] subdues the [[Dacia|Getae]] and east [[Thrace]] in his war against the [[Scythians]].
*[[512 BC]]: The [[Kingdom of Macedonia]], under King [[Amyntas I]], becomes a vassal state to the [[Achaemenid Empire]].
* [[510 BC]]: [[Hippias (tyrant)|Hippias]], son of [[Pisistratus]] and [[tyrant]] of [[Athens]], is expelled by a popular revolt supported by [[Cleomenes I]], [[monarch|King]] of [[Sparta]] and his forces.
* [[510 BC]]: End of reign of [[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus]], last King of the traditional seven [[Kings of Rome]].
* [[510 BC]]: Establishment of the [[Roman Republic]].
* [[510 BC]]: [[Demaratus]] succeeds [[Ariston (king of Sparta)|Ariston]] as [[Kings of Sparta|King of Sparta]] (approximate date).