| Gregorian calendar | 589 BC DLXXXIX BC |
|---|---|
| Ab urbe condita | 165 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 76 |
| - Pharaoh | Apries, 1 |
| Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) | 47th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4162 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1182 – −1181 |
| Berber calendar | 362 |
| Buddhist calendar | −44 |
| Burmese calendar | −1226 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4920–4921 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 2109 or 1902 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 2110 or 1903 |
| Coptic calendar | −872 – −871 |
| Discordian calendar | 578 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −596 – −595 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3172–3173 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −532 – −531 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2512–2513 |
| Holocene calendar | 9412 |
| Iranian calendar | 1210 BP – 1209 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1247 BH – 1246 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1745 |
| Minguo calendar | 2500 before ROC 民前2500年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2056 |
| Thai solar calendar | −46 – −45 |
| Tibetan calendar | ལྕགས་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Iron-Sheep) −462 or −843 or −1615 — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Water-Monkey) −461 or −842 or −1614 |
The year 589 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 165 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 589 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
- Apries succeeds his father Psamtik II as king of Egypt.12
- Nebuchadnezzar begins his siege of Jerusalem.3
Deaths
- Psamtik II, king of Egypt2
References
References
- Fair, Eugene (1907). An introduction to the study of prehistoric times and Egypt. Journal Printing. p. 110.
- Bunson, Margaret (14 May 2014). Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Facts On File, Incorporated. p. 312. ISBN 9781438109978.
- Young, Rodger C. (2004). "When Did Jerusalem Fall?" (PDF). Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society: 29.
The first date is taken from Ezek 24:1, where it is said that the final siege of Jerusalem began in the tenth month of the "ninth year." ... The tenth month of that year corresponds roughly to January 589 BC.