586 BC

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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC 560s BC
Years:	589 BC 588 BC 587 BC 586 BC 585 BC 584 BC 583 BC

586 BC in various calendars

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

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