599 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:	602 BC 601 BC 600 BC 599 BC 598 BC 597 BC 596 BC

599 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	599 BC DXCIX BC
Ab urbe condita	155
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 66
- Pharaoh	Necho II, 12
Ancient Greek era	45th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4152
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1191
Berber calendar	352
Buddhist calendar	−54
Burmese calendar	−1236
Byzantine calendar	4910–4911
Chinese calendar	辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2099 or 1892     — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2100 or 1893
Coptic calendar	−882 – −881
Discordian calendar	568
Ethiopian calendar	−606 – −605
Hebrew calendar	3162–3163
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−542 – −541
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2502–2503
Holocene calendar	9402
Iranian calendar	1220 BP – 1219 BP
Islamic calendar	1257 BH – 1256 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1735
Minguo calendar	2510 before ROC 民前2510年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2066
Thai solar calendar	−56 – −55
Tibetan calendar	阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) −472 or −853 or −1625     — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) −471 or −852 or −1624

The year 599 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 155 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 599 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

Jainism starts

Births

• Mahavira, last Tirthankara of Jainism

Deaths

• Duke Hui of Qi, ruler of the State of Qi