Nabonidus

Nabonidus (Babylonian: Nabû-na'id): last king of Babylonia, ruled 556-539.

556: Becomes king after a coup d'état by his son Belshazzar, who dethrones Nerigilissar and/or his son Labaši-Marduk
555: Campaign to Cilicia
Religious reforms: the Mesopotamian triad Sin, Šamaš, and Ištar (Moon, Sun, and Venus), as venerated in Harran, is propagated; conflict with the Babylonian religious establishment
553: Another campaign to Cilicia and Edom
549: Nabonidus is in Tayma
547: Nabonidus is in Tayma; death of his mother; Cyrus near Arbela
546: Nabonidus is in Tayma
545: Nabonidus is in Tayma
542: Repairs to the temple of Šamaš in Sippar
c.540: Repairs to the ziggurat of Ur
539:
- 12 October: Nabonidus defeated by Cyrus near Opis
- 29 October: Cyrus enters Babylon; Nabonidus is arrested
In 522, the Babylonian usurpers Nindintu-Bêl and Arakha claimed to be a son of Nabonidus.