475 BC
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Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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475 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 475 BC CDLXXV BC |
Ab urbe condita | 279 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 51 |
- Pharaoh | Xerxes I of Persia, 11 |
Ancient Greek era | 76th Olympiad, year 2 |
Assyrian calendar | 4276 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1067 |
Berber calendar | 476 |
Buddhist calendar | 70 |
Burmese calendar | −1112 |
Byzantine calendar | 5034–5035 |
Chinese calendar | 2223 or 2016 — to — 2224 or 2017 |
Coptic calendar | −758 – −757 |
Discordian calendar | 692 |
Ethiopian calendar | −482 – −481 |
Hebrew calendar | 3286–3287 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −418 – −417 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2626–2627 |
Holocene calendar | 9526 |
Iranian calendar | 1096 BP – 1095 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1130 BH – 1129 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1859 |
Minguo calendar | 2386 before ROC |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1942 |
Thai solar calendar | 68–69 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴木 (female Wood-Ox) −348 or −729 or −1501 — to — 阳火 (male Fire-Tiger) −347 or −728 or −1500 |
Year 475 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Republic, it was known as year 279 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 475 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[edit]
By place[edit]
Greece[edit]
- Cimon leads an Athenian attack on the island of Skyros and expels the indigenous inhabitants who are regarded as pirates.[1]
- The first recorded eruption of Mount Etna occurs.[2]
China[edit]
- Zhou Yuan Wang becomes king of the Zhou Dynasty.
By topic[edit]
Arts[edit]
- The painter Polygnotus of Thasos begins his work (approximate date).
Births[edit]
Deaths[edit]
- Duke Ding of Jin, ruler of Jin in ancient China (r. 511–475 BC)
- Atossa, Achaemenid queen (approximate date)
References[edit]
- ^ Smith, Sir William (1857). History of Greece. p. 227.
- ^ "Mount Etna | Eruptions, History, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Philolaus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 24, 2024.