< 356 BC >
Events in 356 BC
| 21 July: |  | Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, conqueror of most of the known world, is born in Pella. |
| 21 July: |  | The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, wonder of the world, burns down through arson by a Herostratus seeking everlasting fame. |
People in 356 BC
Plato celebrated their birthday this year.
Presenting 356 BC
The year 356 BC was a common year starting on a Sunday, just like 448 BC, 442 BC, 431 BC, 420 BC, 414 BC, 403 BC, 392 BC, 386 BC, 375 BC, 364 BC in the century before it and 347 BC, 336 BC, 330 BC, 319 BC, 308 BC, 302 BC, 291 BC, 280 BC, 274 BC, 263 BC in the next.
The coloured days highlight
births,
deaths
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political
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scientific
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artistic
and
other historical milestones, and recurring events such as anniversaries and
holidays
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The new
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waxing
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full
and
waning
icons indicate the phases of the moon and appear only for dates in the Gregorian calendar, i.e. after 14 October 1582. The Chinese calendar is available only from 1645 to 2644, the first millenium since the last reform. The coloured columns mark the Sundays, the last day of the week per standard ISO-8601.
Calculating time
The normal calendar page for the current /year?2013 contains an introduction to the intriguing history of the year as we know it. The Calendar Converter has more detail. The so called Perpetual Calendar uses a trick from before the age of computers to find the weekday for any Gregorian date. Also see an overview of all historical events in the last six thousand years.
URL: < http://4umi.com/year?356BC >, created 23 January 2011, changed 13 September 2012, served 24 May 2013.-
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