The year 586 BC was a year of the
pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the
Roman Empire, it was known as year 168 ''
Ab urbe condita
''Ab urbe condita'' ( 'from the founding of the City'), or ''anno urbis conditae'' (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an exp ...
'' . The denomination 586 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.
Events
* Some sources give 586 BC for the
destruction of Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon as an alternative to
587 BC
The year 587 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 167 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 587 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...
.
Births
*
Duke Dao of Jin, ruler of the
State of Jin (d.
558 BC
The year 558 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 196 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 558 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar er ...
)
Deaths
*
King Ding of Zhou, king of the
Zhou Dynasty of
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
References
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