590 BC

The year 590 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 164 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 590 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:	610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC
Years:	593 BC 592 BC 591 BC 590 BC 589 BC 588 BC 587 BC

590 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	590 BC DXC BC
Ab urbe condita	164
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 75
- Pharaoh	Psamtik II, 6
Ancient Greek era	47th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4161
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1182
Berber calendar	361
Buddhist calendar	−45
Burmese calendar	−1227
Byzantine calendar	4919–4920
Chinese calendar	庚午年 (Metal Horse) 2108 or 1901     — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 2109 or 1902
Coptic calendar	−873 – −872
Discordian calendar	577
Ethiopian calendar	−597 – −596
Hebrew calendar	3171–3172
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−533 – −532
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2511–2512
Holocene calendar	9411
Iranian calendar	1211 BP – 1210 BP
Islamic calendar	1248 BH – 1247 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1744
Minguo calendar	2501 before ROC 民前2501年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2057
Thai solar calendar	−47 – −46
Tibetan calendar	阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) −463 or −844 or −1616     — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) −462 or −843 or −1615

Events

• The Medians invade the Kingdom of Urartu, causing the fall of that kingdom.

Deaths

• Eurycratides, Agiad king of Sparta
• Rusa III, king of Urartu (or 615 BC)