579 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 550s BC 540s BC
Years:	582 BC 581 BC 580 BC – 579 BC – 578 BC 577 BC 576 BC

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579 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	579 BC
Ab urbe condita	175
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 86
- Pharaoh	Apries, 11
Ancient Greek era	50th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4172
Bengali calendar	−1171
Berber calendar	372
Buddhist calendar	−34
Burmese calendar	−1216
Byzantine calendar	4930–4931
Chinese calendar	辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2118 or 2058 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 2119 or 2059
Coptic calendar	−862 – −861
Discordian calendar	588
Ethiopian calendar	−586 – −585
Hebrew calendar	3182–3183
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−522 – −521
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2523–2524
Holocene calendar	9422
Iranian calendar	1200 BP – 1199 BP
Islamic calendar	1237 BH – 1236 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1755
Minguo calendar	2490 before ROC 民前2490年
Thai solar calendar	−36 – −35

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Events

Servius Tullius succeeds Lucius Tarquinius Priscus as king of Rome upon the latter's assassination. (traditional date)