586 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 586 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 586 BC DLXXXVI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 168 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 79 |
| - Pharaoh | Apries, 4 |
| Ancient Greek era | 48th Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4165 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1178 |
| Berber calendar | 365 |
| Buddhist calendar | −41 |
| Burmese calendar | −1223 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4923–4924 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 2112 or 1905 — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 2113 or 1906 |
| Coptic calendar | −869 – −868 |
| Discordian calendar | 581 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −593 – −592 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3175–3176 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −529 – −528 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2515–2516 |
| Holocene calendar | 9415 |
| Iranian calendar | 1207 BP – 1206 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1244 BH – 1243 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1748 |
| Minguo calendar | 2497 before ROC 民前2497年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2053 |
| Thai solar calendar | −43 – −42 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) −459 or −840 or −1612 — to — 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) −458 or −839 or −1611 |
The year 586 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 168 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 586 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
- Some sources give 586 BC for the destruction of Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon as an alternative to 587 BC.
Births
- Duke Dao of Jin, ruler of the State of Jin (d. 558 BC)
Deaths
- King Ding of Zhou, king of the Zhou dynasty of China