585 BC

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

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	−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

Events

• Eclipse of Thales
• Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, fifth king of Rome, defeats the Sabines in war, taking the town of Collatia and celebrating a triumph for his victory.
• King Jian of Zhou succeeds King Ding of Zhou as king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty.
• Astyages succeeds Cyaxares as king of the Medes.

Births

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

Deaths

• Cyaxares, king of the Medes
• Nitocris I, Egyptian priestess
• Rusa IV, king of Urartu