597 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:	600 BC 599 BC 598 BC 597 BC 596 BC 595 BC 594 BC

597 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	597 BC DXCVII BC
Ab urbe condita	157
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 68
- Pharaoh	Necho II, 14
Ancient Greek era	45th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4154
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1189
Berber calendar	354
Buddhist calendar	−52
Burmese calendar	−1234
Byzantine calendar	4912–4913
Chinese calendar	癸亥年 (Water Pig) 2101 or 1894     — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2102 or 1895
Coptic calendar	−880 – −879
Discordian calendar	570
Ethiopian calendar	−604 – −603
Hebrew calendar	3164–3165
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−540 – −539
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2504–2505
Holocene calendar	9404
Iranian calendar	1218 BP – 1217 BP
Islamic calendar	1255 BH – 1254 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1737
Minguo calendar	2508 before ROC 民前2508年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2064
Thai solar calendar	−54 – −53
Tibetan calendar	阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) −470 or −851 or −1623     — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) −469 or −850 or −1622

The year 597 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 157 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 597 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

• March 16 – Several months' Siege of Jerusalem ends with Nebuchadnezzar capturing and plundering the city and Temple in Jerusalem. He sends into Babylonian captivity the new young king Jeconiah (replacing him with Zedekiah, a puppet ruler) and number of other prominent Jews, including Ezekiel, along with a sizable portion of the Jewish population of the Kingdom of Judah, numbering about 10,000. The Ark of the Covenant vanishes at this time.
• Battle of Bi. Jin and Chu fought in the battle of Bi. Viscount Huan of Zhongxing led the Jin army and was defeated by King Zhuang of Chu.