591 BC

The year 591 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 163 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 591 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:	594 BC 593 BC 592 BC 591 BC 590 BC 589 BC 588 BC

591 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	591 BC DXCI BC
Ab urbe condita	163
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 74
- Pharaoh	Psamtik II, 5
Ancient Greek era	47th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4160
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1183
Berber calendar	360
Buddhist calendar	−46
Burmese calendar	−1228
Byzantine calendar	4918–4919
Chinese calendar	己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2107 or 1900     — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 2108 or 1901
Coptic calendar	−874 – −873
Discordian calendar	576
Ethiopian calendar	−598 – −597
Hebrew calendar	3170–3171
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−534 – −533
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2510–2511
Holocene calendar	9410
Iranian calendar	1212 BP – 1211 BP
Islamic calendar	1249 BH – 1248 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1743
Minguo calendar	2502 before ROC 民前2502年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2058
Thai solar calendar	−48 – −47
Tibetan calendar	阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) −464 or −845 or −1617     — to — 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) −463 or −844 or −1616

Deaths

• King Zhuang of Chu, king of Chu