587 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:	590 BC · 589 BC · 588 BC · 587 BC · 586 BC · 585 BC · 584 BC

587 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	587 BC DLXXXVI BC
Ab urbe condita	167
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 78
- Pharaoh	Apries, 3
Ancient Greek era	48th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4164
Bengali calendar	−1179
Berber calendar	364
Buddhist calendar	−42
Burmese calendar	−1224
Byzantine calendar	4922–4923
Chinese calendar	癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 2110 or 2050 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 2111 or 2051
Coptic calendar	−870 – −869
Discordian calendar	580
Ethiopian calendar	−594 – −593
Hebrew calendar	3174–3175
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−530 – −529
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2514–2515
Holocene calendar	9414
Iranian calendar	1208 BP – 1207 BP
Islamic calendar	1245 BH – 1244 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1747
Minguo calendar	2498 before ROC 民前2498年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2054
Thai solar calendar	−44 – −43

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Events

The Babylonians capture Jerusalem, ending the Kingdom of Judah. The Temple of Jerusalem is destroyed and some of the inhabitants are exiled. An alternate date of 586 BC has also been proposed for this event.

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