585 BC Chr.

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585 BC Chr.
The Eclipse of Thales is due to eclipse the first precisely datable event in history.
585 BC In other calendars
Chinese calendar	35th (36th) cycle year of the fire-rat丙子 ( at the beginning of the year wood-pig 乙亥)
Greek calendar	3rd / 4th Year of the 48th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3176/77
Roman calendar	from urbe condita CLXIX (169)
Ongoing events
Iron Age III in Israel (since 587 BC)
Attic vase painting in Greece: Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)
Hallstatt Period in Europe (since 650 BC)
26th Dynasty (time of the Egyptian Restoration) during the late period in Egypt (since 664 BC)
Eastern Zhou dynasty / time of the spring and autumn annals in China (since 770/722 BC)
Ancient Greece : Archaic (since approx. 750 BC)
Dong Son culture in northern Vietnam and southern China (since around 800 BC)
Middle Preclassic period among the Maya (since approx. 900 BC)
Antiquity in the Mediterranean region (since approx. 1200/800 BC)
La Venta period among the Olmecs in Mesoamerica (since approx. 1500 BC)

Events

The eclipse reaches Asia Minor shortly before its end (evening)

• May 28th : Due to a solar eclipse taking place on this day , the Battle of Halys is the first event that can be substantiated with an exact date. The solar eclipse of May 28, 585 BC, predicted by Thales of Miletus . BC moves King Alyattes II of Lydia and Kyaxares II of the media to stop the fighting.

Born

• around 585 BC Chr .: Kimon , Attic aristocrat and Olympic champion († after 528 BC)

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