476 BC Chr.

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476 BC Chr.
476 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	68/69 (southern Buddhism); 67/68 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	37th (38th) cycle year of the wood-buffalo am ( at the beginning of the year wood-rat 甲子)
Greek calendar	4th year of the 75th / 1st year of the 76th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3285/86
Roman calendar	from urbe condita CCLXXVIII (278)

Events

Culture

• The Greek poet Pindar visits Sicily. At the courts of the art-loving tyrants Hieron I of Syracuse and Theron of Akragas , he met Simonides von Keos and Bakchylides , who later, like himself, were included in the canon of the nine lyric poets .
• The Greek poets Bakchylides and Pindar sing about Hieron's victory at the Olympic Games .

Sports

• Theogenes wins the pankration at the Olympics .
• Tyrant Theron von Akragas wins the chariot race at the Olympic Games.

Died

• Jing , King of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China