587 BC

587 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	587 BC DLXXXVII BC
Ab urbe condita	167
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 78
- Pharaoh	Apries, 3
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	48th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4164
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1180 – −1179
Berber calendar	364
Buddhist calendar	−42
Burmese calendar	−1224
Byzantine calendar	4922–4923
Chinese calendar	癸酉年 (Water  Rooster) 2111 or 1904     — to — 甲戌年 (Wood  Dog) 2112 or 1905
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
Tibetan calendar	ཆུ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Water-Bird) −460 or −841 or −1613     — to — ཤིང་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Wood-Dog) −459 or −840 or −1612

The year 587 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 167 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 587 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

• Jerusalem is conquered by the Babylonians, 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.