590s BC

Sappho and Alcaeus (Alkaios) of Mytilene, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1881).

Events and trends

• 599 BC — Vardhamana Mahavira, last Tirthankar of Jainism is born.
• 598 BC — Jehoiachin succeeds Jehoiakim as King of Judah.
• March 16, 597 BC — Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king.
• 595 BC — Psammetichus II succeeds Necho II as king of Egypt.
• 595 BC — in Zhou Dynasty China, the State of Jin was defeated by the State of Chu in the Battle of Bi.
• 594 BC — The leaders of Athens, facing an economic crisis and popular discontent, appointed the poet-statesman Solon archon to institute democratic reforms and revive the city's constitution, extending citizenship to males of many classes.
• 593 BC — Exile of Sappho and Alcaeus (Alkaios) of Mytilene in Sicily.
• 590 BC — Egyptian army sacks Napata, compelling the Cushite court to move to a more secure location at Meroe near the sixth cataract of the Nile. (Early history of Sudan)

Significant people

Births

• Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism,(599–527)ast:Años 590 edC

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