460s BC

Births

• 469 BC – Aspasia of Miletus, mistress of Pericles of Athens (approximate date) (d. c. 406 BC)
• 460 BC
  • Democritus of Abdera, Greek philosopher (d. 370 BC)
  • Hippocrates of Cos, Greek physician (d. 377 BC)
  • Thucydides, Greek historian (d. 395 BC)

Deaths

• 469 BC
  • Zhou Yuan Wang/Ji Ren, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
  • Leotychides, king of Sparta (b. c. 545 BC)
  • Simonides of Ceos, Greek lyric poet (b. c. 556 BC)
• 468 BC – Aristides, Athenian statesman (b. 530 BC)
• 465 BC – Xerxes I, king of Persia (murdered)
• 464 BC – Artabanus of Persia, Regent King for Artaxerxes I
• 461 BC – Ephialtes, leader of the radical democrats, assassinated
• 460 BC
  • Epicharmus, Greek poet (b. 550 BC)
  • Panini, Hindu Indian grammarian (b. 520 BC)