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Calendar year
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 426 BC by topic |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 426 BC CDXXVI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 328 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 100 |
| - Pharaoh | Artaxerxes I of Persia, 40 |
| Ancient Greek era | 88th Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4325 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1018 |
| Berber calendar | 525 |
| Buddhist calendar | 119 |
| Burmese calendar | −1063 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5083–5084 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2272 or 2065 — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2273 or 2066 |
| Coptic calendar | −709 – −708 |
| Discordian calendar | 741 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −433 – −432 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3335–3336 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −369 – −368 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2675–2676 |
| Holocene calendar | 9575 |
| Iranian calendar | 1047 BP – 1046 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1079 BH – 1078 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1908 |
| Minguo calendar | 2337 before ROC 民前2337年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1893 |
| Thai solar calendar | 117–118 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) −299 or −680 or −1452 — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) −298 or −679 or −1451 |
Year 426 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Cincinnatus, Albinus, Fusus and Cossus (or, less frequently, year 328 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 426 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.
Events
By place
Greece
- The Athenian leader Cleon and Athenian general Demosthenes revitalise the city's military and naval forces despite opposition from Nicias, a rich merchant and soldier, and his supporters.
- Demosthenes unsuccessfully besieges the Corinthian colony of Leukas. As a result, he does not return to Athens, fearing for his life. However when, later in the year, Ambracia invades Acarnania, and the Acarnanians seek help from Demosthenes, who is patrolling the Ionian Sea coast with twenty Athenian ships, he reaches the Athenian naval base in the Gulf of Corinth at Naupactus and secures it just in time to defend it against a large Spartan army from Delphi under Eurylochus which has come to assist the Ambraciots. Demosthenes defeats the Spartan army and Eurylochus is killed during the Battle of Olpae. The Acarnanians and Ambraciots then sign a peace treaty.
- An Athenian army under Nicias, Hipponicus and Eurymedon defeats a combined Tanagran and Theban army in the Battle of Tanagra.
Births
Deaths
- Eurylochus, Spartan general (killed in battle)
- Zhou kao wang, king of the Zhou dynasty of China