595 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:	598 BC 597 BC 596 BC 595 BC 594 BC 593 BC 592 BC

595 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	595 BC DXCV BC
Ab urbe condita	159
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 70
- Pharaoh	Psamtik II, 1
Ancient Greek era	46th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4156
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1187
Berber calendar	356
Buddhist calendar	−50
Burmese calendar	−1232
Byzantine calendar	4914–4915
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2103 or 1896     — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2104 or 1897
Coptic calendar	−878 – −877
Discordian calendar	572
Ethiopian calendar	−602 – −601
Hebrew calendar	3166–3167
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−538 – −537
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2506–2507
Holocene calendar	9406
Iranian calendar	1216 BP – 1215 BP
Islamic calendar	1253 BH – 1252 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1739
Minguo calendar	2506 before ROC 民前2506年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2062
Thai solar calendar	−52 – −51
Tibetan calendar	阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) −468 or −849 or −1621     — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) −467 or −848 or −1620

The year 595 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 159 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 595 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

• Psamtik II succeeds Necho II as king of Egypt.
• Beginning of the First Sacred War in ancient Greece.
• The State of Chu defeats the State of Jin in the Battle of Bi.