What happened in 420 BC?
4 recorded events in 420 BC, including 3 in people and 1 in disasters & pandemics.
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People 3
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Oenopides died
5th-century BCE Greek mathematician and astronomer
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Protagoras died
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (c.490–c.420 BC)
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Stesimbrotos of Thasos died
5th-century BC Greek sophist and logographer
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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420 BC Athens earthquake
Earthquake that disrupted the Athenian assembly, mentioned by Thucydides
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 420 BC.
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Xerxes II died
Brief ruler of the Achaemenid Empire (died 424 BC)
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Sogdianus died
Brief ruler of the Achaemenid Empire (423 BC)
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Battle of Amphipolis
422 BCE military investment of Amphipolis by Sparta
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Ion of Chios died
5th-century BC Greek poet, dramatist and philosopher
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Cleon died
Athenian statesman and general (died 422 BC)
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Thucydides died
Athenian statesman, son of Melesias
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Bu Shang died
5th-century BC prominent disciple of Confucius
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Iphicrates born
Born in Athens. Athenian general.
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Battle of Mantinea
Significant engagement in the Peloponnesian War in 418 BC
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Laches died
Athenian aristocrat and general (c. 475–418 BCE)
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Tisias died
Ancient Greek rhetorician
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Battle of Orneae
417 BCE engagement during the Peloponnesian War
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