- [Daniel 10:1-3] - Daniel (or Baltasar) commences the a three week Passover fast 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 of the prefiguration of the Incarnation of Christ.
* 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).