430 BC

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

Decades: 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC – 430s BC – 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC

Years: 435 BC 434 BC 433 BC 432 BC 431 BC – 430 BC – 429 BC 428 BC 427 BC 426 BC 425 BC

Events

• Athens suffers a major pestilence, believed to be caused by epidemic typhus.

Births

Deaths

• Empedocles, Greek philosopher (estimated date).
• Phidias, Greek sculptor (estimated date).
• Zeno of Elea, Greek philosopher (estimated date).