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586 Bc

- 610s BC - 600s BC - 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC

EVENTS AND TRENDS

589 BC - Apries succeeds Psammetichus II as king of Egypt

588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II Of Babylon begins siege of Jerusalem ; the Opera '' Nabucco '' sets the date at 587 BC

587/586 BC - Jerusalem falls to the Babylonia ns, ending the Kingdom Of Judah . The conquerors destroy the Temple of Jerusalem and exile the land's remaining inhabitants.

586 BC - Death of Zhou Ding Wang , King of the Zhou Dynasty of China .

585 BC - May 28 - A Solar Eclipse occurs as predicted by Thales , while Alyattes II is battling Cyaxares . This leads to a truce. This is one of the Cardinal Date s from which other dates can be calculated.

585/584 BC - Astyages succeeds Cyaxares as King of the Medes .

585 BC - Zhou Jian Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China .

582 BC - Pythian Games founded at Delphi . (traditional date)

580 BC - Cambyses I succeeds Cyrus I as king of Anshan and head of the Achaemenid Dynasty . (approximate date)

580 BC - Isthmian Games founded at Corinth . (traditional date)

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE

Nebuchadnezzar II , King of Babylon

585 BC - Birth of Anaximenes Of Miletus , Greek philosopher († 525 BC ).

582 BC - Birth of Pythagoras in Samos , Greek philosopher and mathematician († 496 BC ).

580 BC - Death of Cyrus I Of Anshan (approximate date).