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Year 441 BC was a year of the
pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Fusus and Crassus (or, less frequently, year 313 ''
Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 441 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
Anno Domini
The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The term is Medieval Latin and means 'in the year of the Lord', but is often presented using "our Lord" instead of "the Lord", ...
calendar era
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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
China
* Zhou Ai Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by ...
of China but dies before the year's end, to be succeeded by Zhou Si Wang.
By topic
Literature
* The Greek
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Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
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playwright, Euripides
Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars a ...
, wins his first victory in a dramatic festival.
* The Greek playwright Sophocles
Sophocles (; grc, Σοφοκλῆς, , Sophoklễs; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or c ...
writes ''Antigone
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''.
Births
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Deaths
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King Zhending of Zhou
King Zhending of Zhou (), personal name Ji Jie, was the twenty-eighth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the sixteenth of Eastern Zhou.Phương Thi Danh, ''Niên biểu lịch sử Trung Quốc'' He ruled between 468 BC and 441 BC.
Family
Kin ...
, 28th King of the
Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by ...
of
China
*
King Ai of Zhou
King Ai of Zhou () personal name Ji Quji, was the twenty-ninth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the seventeenth of Eastern Zhou. He was the eldest son of King Zhending of Zhou.
He succeeded his father in 441 BC, but was killed by his you ...
, 29th King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
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King Si of Zhou
King Si of Zhou (), personal name Ji Shu, was the 30th king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the 18th of Eastern Zhou.
He gained the throne in 441 BC by killing his older brother King Ai of Zhou, but he was then killed by his younger brother Kin ...
, 30th King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
References
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