530s BC deaths

founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC)

legendary sixth king of Rome

Belshazzar (Babylonian cuneiform: 96x96pxBēl-šar-uṣur, meaning "Bel, protect the king"; Bēlšaʾṣṣar) was the son and crown prince of Nabonidus (), the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Through his mother, he might have been a grandson of Nebuchadnezzar II (), though this is not certain and the claims to kinship with Nebuchadnezzar may have originated from royal propaganda.

king of Cyrenaica from 550 to 530 BC

ruler of the state of Qin

thumb|“Cyrus Defeats Spargapises,” from The Story of Cyrus, Adapted from designs by Michiel Coxie (1499–1592), Woven at the workshop of Albert Auwercx (1629–1709) thumb|Queen Tomyris learns that her son Spargapises has been taken alive by Cyrus, by Jan Moy (1535-1550). Spargapises (Saka: ; ; ; ) was the son of queen Tomyris of the Massagetai.

King of the Medes

ruler of the state of Jin