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| 399 BC by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 399 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 355 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2242 – -2241 |
| Berber calendar | 552 |
| Buddhist calendar | 146 |
| Burmese calendar | -1036 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5110 – 5111 |
| Chinese calendar | [[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2238/2298) — to —
[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年(2239/2299) |
| Coptic calendar | -682 – -681 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -406 – -405 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3362 – 3363 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -343 – -342 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2703 – 2704 |
| Holocene calendar | 9602 |
| Iranian calendar | 1020 BP – 1019 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1051 BH – 1050 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 1935 |
| Thai solar calendar | 145 |
Events
By place
Greece
- February 15 — The Greek philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by Athenian authorities, condemned for impiety and the corruption of youth. He refuses to flee into exile and is sentenced to death by drinking hemlock.
- Sparta forces Elis to surrender in the spring.
- The Spartan admiral, Lysander, tries to effect a political revolution in Sparta by suggesting that the king should not automatically be given the leadership of the army. He also suggests that the position of king should be elective. However, he is unsuccessful in achieving these reforms, and earns the disfavour of King Agesilaus II of Sparta.
- King Archelaus I of Macedon is killed during a hunt, by one of the royal pages, his lover Craterus.
Egypt
- King Amyrtaeus of Egypt is defeated in battle by his successor, Nepherites I of Mendes, and executed at Memphis. King Nepherites I, or Nefaarud I, founds the Twenty-ninth dynasty of Egypt. He makes Mendes his capital.
Births
Deaths
- February 15 — Socrates, Greek philosopher (b. c. 470 BC)
- King Amyrtaeus of Egypt
- King Archelaus I of Macedon
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