473 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	6th centuryBC 5th centuryBC 4th centuryBC
Decades:	490sBC 480sBC 470sBC 460sBC 450sBC
Years:	476BC 475BC 474BC 473BC 472BC 471BC 470BC

473 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	473 BC CDLXXIII BC
Ab urbe condita	281
Ancient Egypt era	XXVIIdynasty,53
- Pharaoh	Xerxes I of Persia,13
Ancient Greek era	76thOlympiad,year 4
Assyrian calendar	4278
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1065
Berber calendar	478
Buddhist calendar	72
Burmese calendar	−1110
Byzantine calendar	5036–5037
Chinese calendar	Đinh mãoNiên (FireRabbit) 2225 or 2018 — to — Mậu thần niên (EarthDragon) 2226 or 2019
Coptic calendar	−756 – −755
Discordian calendar	694
Ethiopian calendar	−480 – −479
Hebrew calendar	3288–3289
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−416 – −415
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	2628–2629
Holocene calendar	9528
Iranian calendar	1094 BP – 1093 BP
Islamic calendar	1128 BH – 1127 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1861
Minguo calendar	2384 beforeROC Dân tiền 2384 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−1940
Thai solar calendar	70–71
Tibetan calendar	Âm hỏa thỏ niên (female Fire-Rabbit) −346 or −727 or −1499 — to — Dương thổ long niên (male Earth-Dragon) −345 or −726 or −1498

Year473 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Mamercus and Iullus(or, less frequently,year 281Ab urbe condita). The denomination 473 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

China

• TheState of Wuis annexed by theState of Yue.

Japan

• TheHikawa Shrineis established inSaitama, Saitama.

Deaths

• King Fuchai of Wu,the last king ofWuinZhou dynasty,China