486 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: | 489 BC 488 BC 487 BC - 486 BC - 485 BC 484 BC 483 BC |
| 486 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 486 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 268 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2329 – -2328 |
| Buddhist calendar | 59 |
| Chinese calendar | 2151/2211 (甲年) — to —
2152/2212([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Ethiopian calendar | -493 – -492 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3275 – 3276 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -430 – -429 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2616 – 2617 |
| Holocene calendar | 9515 |
| Iranian calendar | 1107 BP – 1106 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1141 BH – 1140 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 175 (皇紀175年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9515 |
| Julian calendar | -440 |
| Korean calendar | 1848 |
| Thai solar calendar | 58 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Persian empire
- Darius I, one of the greatest rulers of the Achaemenid dynasty of the Persia, dies and is succeeded by his son, Xerxes I. During this time the Persian empire extends as far west as Macedonia and Libya and as far east as the Hyphasis (Beas) River; it stretches to the Caucasus Mountains and the Aral Sea in the north and to the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert in the south.
- Egypt revolts against Persian rule.
[edit] Roman republic
- During his third consulate, Roman consul Spurius Cassius Vecellinus proposes an agrarian law to assist needy plebeians, a measure violently opposed both by the patricians and by the wealthy plebeians, who have Cassius condemned and executed.
[edit] India
- The First Buddhist Council is held at Rejgaha, under the patronage of King Ajatasattu. Oral tradition is established for the first time.
[edit] China
- The first part of the Grand Canal of China is built.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Art
- The construction of a relief in the Apadana, a ceremonial complex at Persepolis, is finished. It shows Darius and Xerxes receiving tribute and is now kept in the Iranbustan Museum in Teheran.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Spurius Cassius Vecellinus, Roman consul.
- King Darius I of the Persian Empire (born c 549 BC).
[edit] References
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