585

585 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	585; DLXXXV
Ab urbe condita	1338
Armenian calendar	34; ԹՎ ԼԴ
Assyrian calendar	5335
Balinese saka calendar	506–507
Bengali calendar	−8
Berber calendar	1535
Buddhist calendar	1129
Burmese calendar	−53
Byzantine calendar	6093–6094
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon); 3282 or 3075; — to —; 乙巳年 (Wood Snake); 3283 or 3076
Coptic calendar	301–302
Discordian calendar	1751
Ethiopian calendar	577–578
Hebrew calendar	4345–4346
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	641–642
- Shaka Samvat	506–507
- Kali Yuga	3685–3686
Holocene calendar	10585
Iranian calendar	37 BP – 36 BP
Islamic calendar	38 BH – 37 BH
Javanese calendar	474–475
Julian calendar	585; DLXXXV
Korean calendar	2918
Minguo calendar	1327 before ROC; 民前1327年
Nanakshahi calendar	−883
Seleucid era	896/897 AG
Thai solar calendar	1127–1128
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年; (male Wood-Dragon); 711 or 330 or −442; — to —; 阴木蛇年; (female Wood-Snake); 712 or 331 or −441

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century; 6th century ; 7th century;
Decades:	560s; 570s; 580s ; 590s; 600s;
Years:	582; 583; 584; 585 ; 586; 587; 588;

Year 585 (DLXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 585 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

King Childebert II, age 15, takes up his sole rule of Austrasia. A Frankish army under King Guntram marches to Comminges (Pyrenees), and besieges the citadel of Saint-Bertrand.
July – Gundoald, Merovingian usurper king, and his followers are defeated during the siege of Saint-Bertrand. He is executed and Guntram stages a triumphal entry into Orléans.
The Visigoths under King Liuvigild devastate the Suevic Kingdom in Gallaecia (northwest Spain). After the conquest, Liuvigild reintroduces the Arian Church among the Sueves.^[1]
Winter – Famine strikes Gaul (according to Gregory of Tours). Traders plunder the people by selling scarcely a peck of grain or half measure of wine for the third of a gold piece.

The Persian commander, Kardarigan ("black hawk"), begins an unsuccessful siege of Monokarton (modern Turkey).

September 15 – Emperor Bidatsu, age 47, dies of smallpox after a 13-year reign, and is succeeded by his brother Yōmei as the 31st emperor of Japan.
Emperor Xiao Jing Di succeeds his father Xiao Ming Di as ruler of the Liang dynasty (China).

King Wideok of Baekje (Korea) sends an official escort (bearing tribute), along with a master of Buddhist meditation, a reciter of Buddhist magic spells, a temple architect, and a sculptor of Buddhist images, to the Chinese court of the Sui dynasty (approximate date).
The Armenian bishop Kardutsat goes with 7 priests, on a missionary trip to the steppes north of the Caucasus. He succeeds in baptizing many Huns and in translating books into their language.^[2]
Columbanus, Irish missionary, gathers 12 companions for his journey to Britain, probably to the Scottish coast. After a short time, he crosses the English Channel and lands in Brittany (France).^[3]
Zhiyi, Chinese monk, returns to the city of Jinling, where he completes his commentarial works on the Lotus Sutra.