581 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC 560s BC
Years:	584 BC 583 BC 582 BC 581 BC 580 BC 579 BC 578 BC

581 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	581 BC DLXXXI BC
Ab urbe condita	173
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 84
- Pharaoh	Apries, 9
Ancient Greek era	49th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4170
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1173
Berber calendar	370
Buddhist calendar	−36
Burmese calendar	−1218
Byzantine calendar	4928–4929
Chinese calendar	己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 2117 or 1910     — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 2118 or 1911
Coptic calendar	−864 – −863
Discordian calendar	586
Ethiopian calendar	−588 – −587
Hebrew calendar	3180–3181
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−524 – −523
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2520–2521
Holocene calendar	9420
Iranian calendar	1202 BP – 1201 BP
Islamic calendar	1239 BH – 1238 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1753
Minguo calendar	2492 before ROC 民前2492年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2048
Thai solar calendar	−38 – −37
Tibetan calendar	阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) −454 or −835 or −1607     — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) −453 or −834 or −1606

The year 581 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 173 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 581 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

• The Isthmian Games are founded at Corinth.
• Suizei becomes the second Emperor of Japan (until 549 BC).

Deaths

• Jing, Chinese ruler (duke) of Jin