Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC - 440s BC - 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC
Years: 446 BC 445 BC 444 BC 443 BC 442 BC - 441 BC - 440 BC 439 BC 438 BC 437 BC 436 BC
441 BC - Events.
Zhou ai wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China but dies before the year's end, to be succeeded by Zhou si wang.
Zhou si wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China but dies before the year's end.
Including:
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 431 BC 430 BC 429 BC 428 BC 427 BC - 426 BC - 425 BC 424 BC 423 BC 422 BC 421 BC
426 BC - Events.
Battle of Tanagra - Athenians under Nicias are defeated in an invasion of Boeotia
Battle of Olpae - Athenians under Demosthenes defeat the Spartans in Aetolia
Major earthquake in Athens
Including:
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 434 BC 433 BC 432 BC 431 BC 430 BC - 429 BC - 428 BC 427 BC 426 BC 425 BC 424 BC
429 BC - Events.
Battle of Chalcis - Chalcidians and their allies defeat Athens.
Battle of Naupactus - Phormio defeats the Peloponnesian fleet.
An outbreak of plague kills over one-third of the population of Athens.
Including:
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC
415 BC 414 BC 413 BC 412 BC 411 BC - 410 BC - 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC 405 BC
410 BC - Events.
Battle of Cyzicus - Alcibiades annihilates the Spartan fleet.
Oligarchic revolt in Corcyra is unsuccessful.
Carthage's Iberian colonies revolt
With the support of 50 retainers, Evagoras re-establishes his family's claim as kings of Salamis.
Including:
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 428 BC 427 BC 426 BC 425 BC 424 BC - 423 BC - 422 BC 421 BC 420 BC 419 BC 418 BC
423 BC - Events.
Xerxes II, King of Persia, is assassinated by order of his half-brother and rival claimant Sogdianus.
Sogdianus, King of Persia, is assassinated by order of his half-brother and rival claimant Darius II of Persia.
Darius II becomes sole ruler of the Persian Empire.
Including:
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC
Years: 414 BC 413 BC 412 BC 411 BC 410 BC - 409 BC - 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC 405 BC 404 BC
409 BC - Events.
Alcibiades recaptures Byzantium for Athens.
Athenian expedition of Thrasyllus fails to capture Ephesus.
Pausanias succeeds his father Pleistoanax as king of Sparta
Hannibal Mago leads a Carthaginian expedition to Sicily in an attempt to gain control of the island
Including:
Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC - 680s BC - 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC
680s BC - Events and trends.
689 BC - King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon
687 BC - Gyges becomes king of Lydia
687 BC - Hezekiah succeeded by Manasseh as king of Judah
682 BC - Death of Zhou zhuang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
681 BC - Zhou li wang becomes King of the ...
Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC - 670s BC - 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC
670s BC - Events and trends.
677 BC - Death of Zhou Li Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
677 BC - Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes, advances as far as the Brook of Egypt.
676 BC - Zhou Hui Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
675 BC - Esarhaddon ...
Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Decades: 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC
560s BC - Events and trends.
568 BC - Amtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as king of Kush
562 BC - Amel-Marduk succeeds Nebuchadnezzar as king of Babylon
560 BC - Neriglissar succeeds Amel-Marduk as king of Babylon
560/561 BC - Croesus becomes king of Lydia
560 BC - Pisistratus seizes ...
Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC - 610s BC - 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC 560s BC
610s BC - Events and trends.
619 BC - Alyattes becomes king of Lydia
619 BC - Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
618 BC - Zhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
616 BC - Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes king of Rome
614 BC - Sack of Asshur b ...
Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC - 690s BC - 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC
690s BC - Events and trends.
699 BC - Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire
697 BC - Death of Zhou huan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
696 BC - Zhou zhuang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
691 BC - King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king Hu ...
Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC - 630s BC - 620s BC 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC
630s BC - Events and trends.
637 BC - Josiah becomes king of Judah.
632 BC - Cylon, Athenian noble, seizes the Acropolis in a failed attempt to become king.
632 BC - In the Battle of Chengpu, the Chinese kingdom of Jin and her allies defeat the kingdom of Chu and her allies.
631 BC - Founding of ...
Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC - 660s BC - 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC 610s BC
660s BC - Events and trends.
669 BC - Assurbanipal succeeds his father Esarhaddon as king of Assyria
668 BC - Shamash-shum-ukin, son of Esarhaddon, becomes King of Babylon
668 BC - Egypt revolts against Assyria
667 BC - Byzantium founded by Megaran colonists under Byzas. (traditional date)
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Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Decades: 620s BC 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
570s BC - Events and trends.
579 BC - Servius Tullius succeeds the assassinated Lucius Tarquinius Priscus as king of Rome. (traditional date)
573 BC - Nemean Games founded at Nemea. (traditional date)
572 BC - Death of Zhou jian wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
571 BC - Zhou ling wang be ...
Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Decades: 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC 610s BC 600s BC - 590s BC - 580s BC 570s BC 560s BC 550s BC 540s BC
590s BC - Events and trends.
598 BC - Jehoiachin succeeds Jehoiakim as King of Judah
March 16, 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoaichin with Zedekiah as king.
595 BC - Psammetichus II succeeds Necho II as king of Egypt
594 BC - Solon appointed archon of Athens; institutes democ ...
Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Decades: 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC - 450s BC
500s BC - Events and trends.
509 BC - Foundation of the Roman Republic
509 BC September 13 - The temple of Jupiter on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.
508 BC - Office of pontifex maximus created in Rome
507 BC - Cleisthenes, Greek reformer, tak ...
Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Decades: 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC
520s BC - Events.
526 BC - Psammetichus III succeeds Amasis II as king of Egypt.
525 BC - Cambyses II, ruler of Persia, conquers Egypt, defeating Psammetichus III. This is considered the end of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, and the start of the Twenty-seventh Dynasty.
522 BC - Smerdis succeed ...
Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC - 620s BC - 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC
620s BC - Events and trends.
627 BC - Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani (approximate date)
626 BC - Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
625 BC - Medes and Babylonians assert their independence from Assyria and attack ...
Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC - 650s BC - 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC 610s BC 600s BC
650s BC - Events and trends.
Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras, Guatemala
657 BC - Cypselus becomes the first tyrant of Corinth.
656 BC - Psammetichus extends his control over all of Egypt. End of Twenty-fifth Dynasty
653 BC Atta-Khumma-In-Shushinak and Khumbanigash II succeed Shi ...
Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Decades: 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC
530s BC - Events and trends.
539 BC - Babylon is conquered by Cyrus the Great, defeating Nabonidus
537 BC - Jews transported to Babylon are allowed to return to Jerusalem, bringing to a close the Babylonian captivity.
536 BC - According to tradition, the Biblical prophet Daniel receives a ...
Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Decades: 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC
510s BC - Events and trends.
Establishment of she Roman Republic
519 BC - Zhou Jing Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
March 12, 515 BC - Construction is completed on the Temple in Jerusalem.
516 BC - Indian subcontinent - Occupation of Punjab is completed by the Per ...
(2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – 1st millennium – other millennia)
1st millennium BC - Events.
The Iron Age spread to Western Europe
Egypt declined as a major power
The Tanakh was written
Buddhism was founded by Siddharta Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha (6th century BC)
Jainism was founded by Mahavira (6th century BC)
Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon and created the Persian Empire (6th century BC)
Sparta and Athens fought the P ...
