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594 BC

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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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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.

Events

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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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