The 580s BC
21 sourced entries across 6 years, inside the 6th century BC. Each year below opens its own page; the lines under it are that year’s highest-ranked entries.
589 BCE2 entries
- 589 BC—Battle of An: Jin defeats Qi; these two Chinese states later agree to an alliance.
- 589 BC—Nebuchadnezzar II begins his second siege of Jerusalem.
586 BCE3 entries
- 586 BC—Death of King Ding of the Zhou dynasty of China.
585 BCE7 entries
- 585 BC—Fall of the Kingdom of Urartu following a Median invasion. (The Scythians ruined the Kingdom of Urartu.)
- 585 BC—Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, defeats the Sabines in war, takes the town of Collatia, and celebrates a triumph for his victories on 13 September.
- 585 BC—King Jian of Zhou succeeds King Ding of Zhou as the emperor of the Zhou dynasty.
582 BCE4 entries
- 582 BC—Akragas is founded on Sicily.
- 582 BC—Nebuchadnezzar II forces a third deportation of Jews from Judah into Babylonian captivity.
- 582 BC—The Pythian Games are reorganised at Delphi (traditional date).
581 BCE2 entries
- 581 BC—Suizei becomes the second Emperor of Japan.
- 581 BC—The Isthmian Games are founded at Corinth.
580 BCE3 entries
- c. 580 BC—The Temple of Artemis, Corfu, is built.
- c. 580 BC—The Hecatompedon, a temple dedicated to Athena in Athens, was built at the site later used for the Parthenon.
- 580 BC—Cambyses I succeeds Cyrus I as king of Anshan and head of the Achaemenid dynasty.