426 BC
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BCDecades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 431 BC 430 BC 429 BC 428 BC 427 BC - 426 BC - 425 BC 424 BC 423 BC 422 BC 421 BC
Events
- Battle of Tanagra - Athenians under Nicias are defeated in an invasion of Boeotia
- Battle of Olpae - Athenians under Demosthenes defeat the Spartans in Aetolia
- Major earthquake in Athens
Deaths
- Herodotus of Halicarnassos
- Zhou kao wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
