489 BC

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Centuries: 6th century BC · 5th century BC · 4th century BC
Decades: 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC
Years: 492 BC 491 BC 490 BC 489 BC 488 BC 487 BC 486 BC
489 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 489 BC
Ab urbe condita 265
Armenian calendar N/A
Chinese calendar 2148/2208
([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年)
— to —
2149/2209
(年)
Ethiopian calendar -496 – -495
Hebrew calendar 3272 – 3273
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat -433 – -432
- Shaka Samvat N/A
- Kali Yuga 2613 – 2614
Iranian calendar 1110 BP – 1109 BP
Islamic calendar 1145 BH – 1144 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year Kōki 172
(皇紀172年)
- Jōmon Era 9512
Thai solar calendar 55

[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Greece

  • Miltiades, after his great victory at Battle of Marathon, leads a naval expedition to Paros to pay off a private score. However, the expedition is unsuccessful and, on his return, he is fined in a prosecution led by Xanthippus and put in prison where he dies of wounds received at Paros.
  • Athenian soldier and statesman, Aristides "the Just", is made chief archon of Athens.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

  • Miltiades, Athenian general (born c 550 BC).

[edit] References

  • Burn, A.R., "The Pelican History of Greece", Penguin Books, England, 1987.
  • Hornblower, S. & Spawforth, T., ed. "Who's Who in the Classical World", Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000.
  • Mellersh, H.E.L., "Chronology of the Ancient World", Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1976.
  • Trager, J., "The People's Chronology", Aurum Press, London, 1992.