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| 591 BC In other calendars | |
| Chinese calendar | 35th (36th) cycle year of the metal horse庚午 ( at the beginning of the year earth-snake 己巳) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 47th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3170/71 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CLXIII (163) |
| Ongoing events | |
Attic vase painting in Greece:
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| Hallstatt Period in Europe (since 650 BC) | |
| 26th Dynasty (time of the Egyptian Restoration) during the late period in Egypt (since 664 BC) | |
| Iron Age II C (since approx. 700 BC) | |
| Eastern Zhou dynasty / period of 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
Politics and world events
- Zhuang , King of the Sub empire Chu in China and one of the five Hegemons the Spring and Autumn period , dies. His successor is his son Gong .
science and technology
Empire of China
- The barrier structure erected under Chancellor Sunshu Ao for the Quebei irrigation project near Shouxian in the Chinese state of Chu is completed. With a height of 31 m, this structure has been the highest dam on earth for several centuries .
New Babylonian Empire
- In the Babylonian calendar the beginning of the year of the 1st Nisannu falls on the 1st – 2nd April, the full moon in Nisannu on the 14th-15th April, the 1st Ululu on the 27.-28. August and the 1st Tašritu on the 25th – 26th September.
- Babylonian astronomers record in the 14th year of the reign of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II. (591-590 v. Chr.) Its findings of the lunar eclipse of 14/15. September (13th Ululu).
Culture
- The poet Sappho returns to Lesbos from her exile in Sicily and gathers a group of schoolgirls around her.
Died
- Zhuang , Chinese ruler of the state of Chu and one of the five hegemons during the spring and autumn annals (* before 613 BC )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Date in the Gregorian calendar ; In the Julian calendar system , 6 days are to be added to the Gregorian date. The date is based on NASA information ( memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) taking into account the T-Delta. For Babylonia, the time zone surcharge of 3 hours must be taken into account for Universal Time (UT); according to Jean Meeus : Astronomical Algorithms - Applications for Ephemeris Tool 4,5 - , Barth, Leipzig 2000 for: Ephemeris Tool 4,5 according to Jean Meeus, conversion program, 2001 .
- ^ Hermann Hunger: Lunar and Planetary Texts (Astronomical Diaries and related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. 5) . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7001-3028-7 , p. 395.