What happened in 461 BC?

Dated to the wider period

Wikidata records these 13 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 461 BC is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 461 BC.

5th century BC 11

• Leophron died

  5th century BCPeople · Rhegion

  Greek tyrant of Rhegium and Messana from 467 to 461 BC

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• Telesilla died

  5th century BCPeople · Argos

  Late 6th century and early 5th century BC Greek poet

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• Hippon died

  5th century BCPeople · Rhegion

  Ancient Greek philosopher

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• Choerilus of Samos died

  5th century BCPeople · Samos

  5th century BC Greek epic poet

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• Herodorus of Heraclea died

  5th century BCPeople · Heraclea Pontica

  Ancient Greek mythographer

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• Timocreon died

  5th century BCPeople · Ialysos

  5th-century BC Greek lyric poet

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• Iccus of Taranto died

  5th century BCPeople · Taranto

  Ancient Greek athlete and philosopher

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• Adeimantus died

  5th century BCPeople · Classical Athens

  5th-century BC Greek general

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• Polus died

  5th century BCPeople · Akragas

  5th-century BC Greek rhetorician

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• Astyochus died

  5th century BCPeople · Sparta

  5th-century BC Spartan navarch

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• Aristippus of Larissa died

  5th century BCPeople · Larissa

  Late 5th-century BC Thessalian noble from Larissa

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460s BC 2

• Democritus born

  460s BCPeople · Miletus

  Born in Miletus. Greek philosopher (c. 460–c. 370 BC).

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• Thucydides born

  460s BCPeople · Halimous

  Born in Halimous. 5th-century BC Athenian historian and general.

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