594 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
Years:	597 BC 596 BC 595 BC 594 BC 593 BC 592 BC 591 BC

594 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	594 BC DXCIV BC
Ab urbe condita	160
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 71
- Pharaoh	Psamtik II, 2
Ancient Greek era	46th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4157
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1186
Berber calendar	357
Buddhist calendar	−49
Burmese calendar	−1231
Byzantine calendar	4915–4916
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2104 or 1897     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2105 or 1898
Coptic calendar	−877 – −876
Discordian calendar	573
Ethiopian calendar	−601 – −600
Hebrew calendar	3167–3168
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−537 – −536
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2507–2508
Holocene calendar	9407
Iranian calendar	1215 BP – 1214 BP
Islamic calendar	1252 BH – 1251 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1740
Minguo calendar	2505 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

• 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.