What happened in 479 BC?
Confucius, Battle of Plataea and Battle of Mycale — among 13 events recorded in 479 BC.
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Wars & Conflicts 4
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Battle of Plataea
479 BCE land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece
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Battle of Mycale
479 BCE battle that decisively ended Xerxes's invasion of Greece
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Siege of Sestos
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Siege of Potidaea
479 BCE siege during the Second Persian invasion of Greece
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People 4
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Confucius died
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
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Mardonius died
Achaemenid military commander during Greco-Persian Wars (died 479 BC)
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Masistius died
Persian cavalry leader at Plataea
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Amompharetus died
Spartan soldier (d. 479 BC)
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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479 BC Potidaea earthquake
First historically recorded tsunami
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