What happened in 489 BC?
2 recorded events in 489 BC, including 1 in people and 1 in historical figures.
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Miltiades died
Greek Athenian statesman and general (c.550–489 BC)
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 489 BC.
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First Persian invasion of Greece
Campaigns by Persia against Greek city-states (492–490 BCE)
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Bimbisara died
King of Magadha, active 543 B.C.-491 B.C.
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Pythagoras died
Died in Metapontum. Greek philosopher and mathematician (c. 570 – c. 495 BC).
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Octavius Mamilius died
Prince and dictator of the Latium city of Tusculum (died 498/496 BC)
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Battle of Marathon
490 BCE battle in the Greco-Persian wars
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Siege of Eretria
Siege in 490 BC during the Greco-Persian Wars
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Pheidippides died
Legendary Greek runner from Marathon to Athens in 490 BC
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Battle of Praeneste
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Battle of Velletri
487 battle of the Roman-Volscian Wars
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Anacreon died
Ancient Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns
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Theognis of Megara died
Greek lyric poet active in approximately the sixth century BC
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Spurius Cassius Vecellinus died
Roman consul, magister equitum and legislator (died 485 BC)
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