320 BC
Appearance
250 BC by topic |
Politics |
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Categories |
Gregorian calendar | 250 BC CCL BC |
Ab urbe condita | 504 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 74 |
- Pharaoh | Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 34 |
Ancient Greek era | 132nd Olympiad, year 3 |
Assyrian calendar | 4501 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −842 |
Berber calendar | 701 |
Buddhist calendar | 295 |
Burmese calendar | −887 |
Byzantine calendar | 5259–5260 |
Chinese calendar | 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2448 or 2241 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2449 or 2242 |
Coptic calendar | −533 – −532 |
Discordian calendar | 917 |
Ethiopian calendar | −257 – −256 |
Hebrew calendar | 3511–3512 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −193 – −192 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2851–2852 |
Holocene calendar | 9751 |
Iranian calendar | 871 BP – 870 BP |
Islamic calendar | 898 BH – 897 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 2084 |
Minguo calendar | 2161 before ROC 民前2161年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1717 |
Seleucid era | 62/63 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 293–294 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) −123 or −504 or −1276 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) −122 or −503 or −1275 |
Gregorian calendar | 320 BC CCCXX BC |
Ab urbe condita | 434 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 4 |
- Pharaoh | Ptolemy I Soter, 4 |
Ancient Greek era | 115th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
Assyrian calendar | 4431 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −912 |
Berber calendar | 631 |
Buddhist calendar | 225 |
Burmese calendar | −957 |
Byzantine calendar | 5189–5190 |
Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2378 or 2171 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2379 or 2172 |
Coptic calendar | −603 – −602 |
Discordian calendar | 847 |
Ethiopian calendar | −327 – −326 |
Hebrew calendar | 3441–3442 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −263 – −262 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2781–2782 |
Holocene calendar | 9681 |
Iranian calendar | 941 BP – 940 BP |
Islamic calendar | 970 BH – 969 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 2014 |
Minguo calendar | 2231 before ROC 民前2231年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1787 |
Thai solar calendar | 223–224 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −193 or −574 or −1346 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −192 or −573 or −1345 |
Events
By place
Macedonian Empire
- Alexander the Great's various generals control different parts of Alexander's empire. Ptolemy controls Egypt, Seleucus controls Babylon and Syria, Antipater and his son Cassander control Macedon and Greece, Antigonus controls Phrygia and other parts of Asia Minor, Lysimachus controls Thrace and Pergamum and Eumenes controls the Cappadocia and Pontus areas.
- Judea and Syria are annexed by Ptolemy and he gives Judea a large measure of self-government.
- Eudemus makes himself master of the territories of the Indian king Porus, and treacherously puts that monarch to death.
China
- Zhou Shen Jing Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
By topic
Biology
- Theophrastus begins the systematic study of botany.
Demography
- Alexandria in Macedonian Egypt becomes the largest city of the world, taking over the lead from Babylon in Macedonian Babylonia.[1]
Births
- Timocharis of Alexandria, Greek astronomer responsible for the first recorded observation of Mercury and the first star catalogue (d. 260 BC)
Deaths
- Anaximenes of Lampsacus, Greek rhetorician and historian
- Porus, Indian king spared by Alexander the Great (killed)
- Zoilus, Greek grammarian, cynic philosopher and literary critic from Amphipolis in Macedon (b. c. 400 BC)