585 BC e.

  Kingdom of Rome

• King : Tarquinius the Ancient .

• Battle of Galis : total solar eclipse on May 28, 585 BC e. predicted by Thales . The battle between the Medes and the Lydians on the river Galis. Peace, the establishment of the border of Galis. The marriage of Astyages, son of Chiaxar, with his daughter Aliatt.

China

• 6th year in the era of the reign of Lusk Prince Cheng-gong ^[1] .
• In 1 moon, the Lusky gong returned from the congress ^[2] .
• In the 2nd moon, on the day of the blue-sy , in Lu the temple of U-gun was erected ^[3] .
• In the 2nd moon, the Lusians took the city of Zhuang ^[4] .
• The Jin people (the coalition army was led by the Wei Sun Liang Fu) in the 2nd moon made a punitive expedition to the Song , since it did not participate in the congress. The Jins helped Lu ^[5] .
• In the 6th moon, the Chuzhi zi (prince) arrived for an audience in Lu ^[6] .
• In the 6th moon, the Lusky ambassador Gunsun Ying-qi went to Jin ^[7] .
• In the 6th moon, on the day of ren-shen , Prince Zheng Dao-gong (Fei) died ^[8] , he was succeeded by his younger brother Lun ( Cheng-gong , era of reign 584-571) ^[9] .
• In the fall, the Lusky generals Zhongsun Me and Shusun Qiao-Zhu invaded Song ^[10] .
• In autumn, the Chu gong tzu commander Ying-qi attacked Zheng ^[11] .
• In winter, the Lusian ambassador Jixun Sin-fu went to Jin ^[12] .
• The Jin prince in the winter sent Luan Shu to help Zheng , then he invaded Tsai ^[13] .
• Between Chu and Jin there was a battle at Zhaojiao. The Jin people wanted to retreat, but Chu defector Sigong Chen advised attacking at night. The Chusians were defeated, and the Jins took possession of Tsai and Chen ^[14] .

• Anaximenes, author of "On Nature."

• March 11 - Jimmu , the legendary founder and first emperor of Japan.
• Uwahshatra , king of the Medes .