580s BC

; Millennium:;	; 1st millennium 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:;	589 BC 588 BC 587 BC 586 BC 585 BC 584 BC 583 BC 582 BC 581 BC 580 BC;
; Categories:;	; Births – Deaths – Architecture; Establishments – Disestablishments;

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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 some of the land's inhabitants.

28 May 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 BC—Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, defeats the Sabines, takes the town of Collatia, and celebrates a triumph for his victories on 13th September.

585 BC—Fall of the Kingdom of Urartu following a Median invasion. (The Scythians ruined the Kingdom of Urartu.)

582 BC—Military battle of the major Classical antiquity powers Egypt and Babylon.

580 BC—Cambyses I succeeds Cyrus I as king of Anshan and head of the Achaemenid dynasty. (approximate date)

c. 580 BC—Gorgon Medusa, detail of sculpture from the west pediment of the Temple of Artemis, Korkyra, is made. It is now at the Archaeological Museum of Corfu.

c. 580 BC—Standing Youth (Kouros) is made. It is now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

582 BC—Birth of Pythagoras in Samos, Greek philosopher and mathematician (d. 496 BC)

Millennium:	1st millennium 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:	589 BC 588 BC 587 BC 586 BC 585 BC 584 BC 583 BC 582 BC 581 BC 580 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments