276 BC Chr.
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| 276 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 268/269 (southern Buddhism); 267/268 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the wood rooster 乙酉 ( at the beginning of the year wood monkey 甲申) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 125th / 1st year of the 126th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3485/86 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDLXXVIII (478) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 35/36 (turn of April); Syria: 36/37 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Western Mediterranean
- Pyrrhus puts together a fleet against Carthage in Syracuse , but the Greek cities of southern Italy are increasingly opposing him. He is wounded during the fight against the Mamertines in Rhegium . In Locri he loots the temple treasures to replenish his war chest and has the Syracusan politician Thoenon killed. Despite his victories against the Carthaginians in Sicily , he is forced to give up the siege of Lilybaeum and return to mainland Italy. His fleet is attacked by Carthaginian ships. Meanwhile the Romans take their winter quarters in the Samnite area .
Eastern Mediterranean
- Antigonus II Gonatas , king of Macedonia , conquers the city of Kassandreia and has the tyrant Apollodorus killed there.
- Aigion becomes the capital of the Achaean League.
- around 276 BC Chr .: Cyrene becomes independent from Egypt under Magas . He marries a daughter of the Seleucid king Antiochus I.
Disasters
Born
- around 276 BC Chr .: Chrysippus , Greek philosopher († around 204 v. Chr. )
- around 276 BC Chr .: Eratosthenes , Greek mathematician († around 194 BC )
- around 276 BC Chr .: Euphorion (author) , Greek poet († 225 BC )
Died
- 276 or 275 BC BC : Crane from Soloi , Greek philosopher
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