580s BC

Centuries:	7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Decades:	610s BC 600s BC 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC 560s BC 550s BC
Years:	583 BC 582 BC 581 BC - 580 BC - 579 BC 578 BC 577 BC

[edit] 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 BC - Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians, ending the Kingdom of Judah. The conquerors destroy the Jewish Temple of Jerusalem and exile the land's remaining inhabitants.
586 BC - Death of Zhou ding wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
May 28, 585 BC - 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 dates 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.
585 BC - Fall of the Kingdom of Urartu following a Median invasion.
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)
c. 580 BC - Medusa, fragment of sculpture from the west pediment of the Temple of Artemis, Korkyra, is made. It is now at Archeological Museum, Korkyra.

Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon.
585 BC - Birth of Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher († 525 BC).
585 BC - Death of Emperor Jimmu of Japan
582 BC - Birth of Pythagoras in Samos, Greek philosopher and mathematician († 496 BC).
580 BC - Death of Cyrus I of Anshan (approximate date).