585 BC - Wikipedia

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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:	588 BC 587 BC 586 BC 585 BC 584 BC 583 BC 582 BC
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585 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	585 BC DLXXXV BC
Ab urbe condita	169
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 80
- Pharaoh	Apries, 5
Ancient Greek era	48th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4166
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1178 – −1177
Berber calendar	366
Buddhist calendar	−40
Burmese calendar	−1222
Byzantine calendar	4924–4925
Chinese calendar	乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 2113 or 1906     — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2114 or 1907
Coptic calendar	−868 – −867
Discordian calendar	582
Ethiopian calendar	−592 – −591
Hebrew calendar	3176–3177
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−528 – −527
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2516–2517
Holocene calendar	9416
Iranian calendar	1206 BP – 1205 BP
Islamic calendar	1243 BH – 1242 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1749
Minguo calendar	2496 before ROC 民前2496年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2052
Thai solar calendar	−42 – −41
Tibetan calendar	阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) −458 or −839 or −1611     — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) −457 or −838 or −1610

The year 585 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 169 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 585 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.

• 28 May - Eclipse of Thales: A solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Thales, while Alyattes of Lydia fights Cyaxares of Media at the Battle of Halys, leading to a truce. This is a cardinal date from which other dates can be calculated. It is also the earliest event of which the precise date is known.^[1]
• Destruction of Kirrha, ending the First Sacred War.
• Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, legendary fifth king of Rome, defeats the Sabines in war, taking the town of Collatia and celebrating a triumph for his victories on 13 September.
• King Jian of Zhou succeeds King Ding of Zhou as king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.
• Astyages succeeds Cyaxares as king of the Medes.
• Croesus succeeds Alyattes as king of Lydia.^[2]
• Fall of the Kingdom of Urartu following a Median invasion. (The Scythians ruined the Kingdom of Urartu.)

• Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher (d. 528 BC)

• April 9 (according to legend) – Emperor Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan (b. 711)
• Cyaxares, king of the Medes
• Alyattes, king of Lydia^[2]
• Nitocris I, Egyptian priestess
• Rusa IV, king of Urartu