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487 BC
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| Centuries: | 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC |
| Decades: | 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC |
| Years: | 490 BC 489 BC 488 BC - 487 BC - 486 BC 485 BC 484 BC |
| 487 BC by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 487 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 267 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2330 – -2329 |
| Berber calendar | 464 |
| Buddhist calendar | 58 |
| Burmese calendar | -1124 |
| Chinese calendar | 2150/2210 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2151/2211(甲年) |
| Coptic calendar | -770 – -769 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -494 – -493 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3274 – 3275 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -431 – -430 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2615 – 2616 |
| Holocene calendar | 9514 |
| Iranian calendar | 1108 BP – 1107 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1142 BH – 1141 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 174 (皇紀174年) |
| Julian calendar | -441 |
| Korean calendar | 1847 |
| Thai solar calendar | 57 |
- The island of Aegina and the city of Athens go to war. The island has earned the enmity of Athens by earlier submitting to the Persians. The Spartan King, Leotychidas, tries unsuccessfully to arrange a truce in the war.
- The Athenian Archonship becomes elective by lot from all the citizens, an important milestone in the move towards radical Athenian democracy. There are nine archons and a secretary. Three of the archons have special functions: the basileus, or sovereign; the polemarch (originally a military commander); and the archon eponymous (chief magistrate), who gave his name to the year.
- Gorgias, Greek philosopher (approximate date)