594 BC

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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
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594 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar594 BC
DXCIV BC
Ab urbe condita160
Ancient Egypt eraXXVI dynasty, 71
- PharaohPsamtik II, 2
Ancient Greek era46th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar4157
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1186
Berber calendar357
Buddhist calendar−49
Burmese calendar−1231
Byzantine calendar4915–4916
Chinese calendar丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
2104 or 1897
    — to —
丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit)
2105 or 1898
Coptic calendar−877 – −876
Discordian calendar573
Ethiopian calendar−601 – −600
Hebrew calendar3167–3168
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−537 – −536
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2507–2508
Holocene calendar9407
Iranian calendar1215 BP – 1214 BP
Islamic calendar1252 BH – 1251 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1740
Minguo calendar2505 before ROC
民前2505年
Nanakshahi calendar−2061
Thai solar calendar−51 – −50
Tibetan calendar阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
−467 or −848 or −1620
    — to —
阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
−466 or −847 or −1619

The year 594 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 160 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 594 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.

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  • Facing an economic crisis and popular discontent, the leaders of Athens appoint the poet-statesman Solon to implement democratic reforms and revive the city's constitution.
  • Solon establishes the Ecclesia, the principal assembly of democracy in Athens during its Golden Age.
  • Sappho returns from exile in Sicily.

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