This article concerns the period 589 BC – 580 BC.
Events and trends February 589 BC—Apries succeeds Psamtik II as king of Egypt. 589 BC—Nebuchadnezzar II begins his second siege of Jerusalem. 589 BC—Battle of An: Jin defeats Qi; these two Chinese states later agree to an alliance. 15 January 588 BC—The last phase of Siege of Jerusalem began.Note on Jeremiah 52:4 in NET Bible 587/586 BC—Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians, ending the Kingdom of Judah. The conquerors destroy the Jewish Temple of Jerusalem and exile some of the land's inhabitants.Edwin Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). , . 586 BC—Death of King Ding of the Zhou dynasty of China. 28 May 585 BC—A solar eclipse occurs while Alyattes of Lydia fights Cyaxares of Media at a battle on the Halys river, leading to a truce. This is a cardinal date from which other dates can be calculated.Asimov, Isaac (1965) The Greeks, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, p. 91 585 BC—Kirrha is destroyed, ending the First Sacred War. 585 BC—Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, defeats the Sabines in war, takes the town of Collatia, and celebrates a triumph for his victories on 13 September. 585 BC—King Jian of Zhou succeeds King Ding of Zhou as the emperor of the Zhou dynasty. 585 BC—Fall of the Kingdom of Urartu following a Median invasion. (The Scythians ruined the Kingdom of Urartu.) 585 BC—Croesus succeeds Alyattes as King of Lydia. 585 BC—Astyages succeeds Cyaxares as King of the Medes. 582 BC—Military clash between Egypt and Babylon. 582 BC—Akragas is founded on Sicily. 582 BC—Nebuchadnezzar II forces a third deportation of Jews from Judah into Babylonian captivity. 582 BC—The Pythian Games are reorganised at Delphi (traditional date). 581 BC—The Isthmian Games are founded at Corinth. 581 BC—Suizei becomes the second Emperor of Japan. 580 BC—Cambyses I succeeds Cyrus I as king of Anshan and head of the Achaemenid dynasty. —The Temple of Artemis, Corfu, is built. —The Hecatompedon, a temple dedicated to Athena in Athens, was built at the site later used for the Parthenon.
Births 586 BC—Duke Dao of Jin, ruler of the State of Jin (d. 558 BC) 586/585 BC—Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher (died 526/525 BC)
Deaths 589 BC—Psamtik II 586 BC—King Ding of Zhou, king of the Zhou dynasty of China April 9, 585 BC—Emperor Jimmu of Japan (according to legend) 585 BC—King Cyaxares of Media 585 BC—King Alyattes of Lydia 585 BC—Rusa IV of Urartu 585 BC—Nitocris I, Egyptian priestessAidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004), p. 247. 582 BC—Duke Qing of Qi 581 BC—Duke Jing of Jin 580 BC—Cyrus I of Anshan
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