485 BC - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC

Decades: 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC

Years: 490 BC 489 BC 488 BC 487 BC 486 BC - 485 BC - 484 BC - 483 BC 482 BC 481 BC 480 BC

Events

• October - Xerxes I succeeded to the Persian throne.

Births

• Herodotus of Halicarnassus

Deaths

• King Darius I of Persia.