475 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	6th centuryBC 5th centuryBC 4th centuryBC
Decades:	490sBC 480sBC 470sBC 460sBC 450sBC
Years:	478BC 477BC 476BC 475BC 474BC 473BC 472BC

475 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	475 BC CDLXXV BC
Ab urbe condita	279
Ancient Egypt era	XXVIIdynasty,51
- Pharaoh	Xerxes I of Persia,11
Ancient Greek era	76thOlympiad,year 2
Assyrian calendar	4276
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1067
Berber calendar	476
Buddhist calendar	70
Burmese calendar	−1112
Byzantine calendar	5034–5035
Chinese calendar	Ất xấuNăm (WoodOx) 2223 or 2016 — to — Bính Dần năm (FireTiger) 2224 or 2017
Coptic calendar	−758 – −757
Discordian calendar	692
Ethiopian calendar	−482 – −481
Hebrew calendar	3286–3287
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−418 – −417
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	2626–2627
Holocene calendar	9526
Iranian calendar	1096 BP – 1095 BP
Islamic calendar	1130 BH – 1129 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1859
Minguo calendar	2386 beforeROC Dân trước 2386 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−1942
Thai solar calendar	68–69
Tibetan calendar	Âm mộc ngưu năm (female Wood-Ox) −348 or −729 or −1501 — to — Dương hỏa hổ năm (male Fire-Tiger) −347 or −728 or −1500

Year475 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.In theRoman Republic,it was known asyear 279Ab urbe condita.The denomination 475 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

Greece

• Cimonleads anAthenianattack on the island ofSkyrosand expels the indigenous inhabitants who are regarded as pirates.
• The first recorded eruption ofMount Etnaoccurs.

China

• Zhou Yuan Wangbecomes king of theZhou dynasty.

By topic

Arts

• The painterPolygnotusofThasosbegins his work (approximate date).

Births

• Philolaus,Greek philosopher (approximate year)

Deaths

• Duke Ding of Jin,ruler ofJinin ancient China (r. 511–475 BC)
• Atossa,Achaemenid queen (approximate date)