475 BC
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In the year 475 bce
Astronomy
Greek philosopher Parmenides [b. Elea (Italy) c. 515 bce, d. c. 450 bce] explains the phases of the Moon in terms of its illumination being reflected sunlight. He holds that change is illusory, since being is one, and nothing can be created or destroyed. See also 28,000 bce Astronomy.
PhysicsGreek philosopher Heraclitus [b. Ephesus (Turkey), c. 540 bce, d. c. 475 bce] teaches that change is the essence of all being. See also 530 bce Physics; 450 bce Physics.
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475 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 6th century BC – 5th century BC – 4th century BC |
| Decades: | 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC – 470s BC – 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC |
| Years: | 478 BC 477 BC 476 BC – 475 BC – 474 BC 473 BC 472 BC |
| 475 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 475 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 279 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4276 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2318–-2317 |
| Bengali calendar | -1067 |
| Berber calendar | 476 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 70 |
| Burmese calendar | -1112 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5034–5035 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙丑年 (2162/2222) — to —
丙寅年(2163/2223) |
| Coptic calendar | -758–-757 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -482–-481 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3286–3287 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | -418–-417 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2627–2628 |
| Holocene calendar | 9526 |
| Iranian calendar | 1096 BP – 1095 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1130 BH – 1129 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 1859 |
| Minguo calendar | 2386 before ROC 民前2386年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 69 |
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Year 475 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Poplicola and Rutilus (or, less frequently, year 279 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 475 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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Greece
- Cimon leads an Athenian attack on the island of Skyros and expels the indigenous inhabitants who are regarded as pirates.
China
- Zhou Yuan Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty.
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- The painter Polygnotus of Thasos begins his work (approximate date).
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