470s BC

Events and trends

* 479 BC — The Battle of Plataea, the Greeks defeat the Persians, ending the Persian Wars.
* 479 BC — Battle of Mycale.
* 478 BC — Establishment of the Temple of Confucius at (modern-day) Qufu.
* 477 BC — The Delian League is inaugurated.
* 476 BC — Archidamus II succeeds his grandfather Leotychides, who is banished to Tegea, as king of Sparta.
* 475 BC — Zhou Yuan Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty.
* 474 BC — Battle of Cumae — The Syracusans under Hiero I defeat the Etruscans and end Etruscan expansion in southern Italy.
* 474 BC — Greek poet Pindar moves to Thebes.
* 473 BC — The Chinese State of Wu is annexed by the State of Yue.
* 472 BC — Carystus in Euboea is forced to join the Delian League. (approximate date)
* 472 BC — The tragedy "The Persians" is produced by Aeschylus.
* 471 BC — Athenian politician Themistocles is ostracized.

Births

*c. 470 BC — Mozi, Chinese philosopher (d. c. 391 BC)
*470 BC — Socrates, Athenian philosopher (d. 399 BC)

Deaths

* August 27, 479 BC — Confucius, philosopher (b. 551 BC)
* 479 BC — Mardonius — Persian commander at Plataea
* 479 BC — Ephialtes — betrayer of Greece at the Battle of Thermopylae
* 476 BC — Zhou Jing Wang / Ji Gai, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
* 475 BC — Pythagoras of Samos, mathematician
* 475 BC — Heraclitus of Ephesus, Greek philosopher (b. c. 535)