• 586 BC - Kingdom of Judah comes to an end as Babylonians siege and conquer the land, destroy the Temple of Jerusalem and exile the land's remaining inhabitants.
• 586 BC - Death of Zhou ding wang[?], King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 585 BC May 28 - A solar eclipse occurred, as predicted by Thales, while Alyattes was battling Cyaxares[?]. This event led to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates[?] from which other dates can be calculated.
• 585 BC - Zhou jian wang[?] becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

Significant People

• Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon
• 582 BC - Birth of Pythagoras in Samos, Greek philosopher and mathematician (+ 496 BC).