| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 587 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 587 BC DLXXXVII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 167 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 78 |
| - Pharaoh | Apries, 3 |
| Ancient Greek era | 48th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4164 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1179 |
| Berber calendar | 364 |
| Buddhist calendar | −42 |
| Burmese calendar | −1224 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4922–4923 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 2111 or 1904 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 2112 or 1905 |
| Coptic calendar | −870 – −869 |
| Discordian calendar | 580 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −594 – −593 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3174–3175 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −530 – −529 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2514–2515 |
| Holocene calendar | 9414 |
| Iranian calendar | 1208 BP – 1207 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1245 BH – 1244 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1747 |
| Minguo calendar | 2498 before ROC 民前2498年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2054 |
| Thai solar calendar | −44 – −43 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) −460 or −841 or −1613 — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) −459 or −840 or −1612 |
The year 587 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 167 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 587 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.