585 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:	588 BC 587 BC 586 BC – 585 BC – 584 BC 583 BC 582 BC

Events

• King Jian becomes king of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

Births

• Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher
• Pythagoras, Greek philosopher and mathematician