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Greece

February 15 — The Greek philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by Athenian authorities, condemned for impiety and the corruption of youth. He refuses to flee into exile and is sentenced to death by drinking hemlock.
Sparta forces Elis to surrender in the spring.
The Spartan admiral, Lysander, tries to effect a political revolution in Sparta by suggesting that the king shouldn't automatically be given the leadership of the army. He also suggests that the position of king should be elective. However, he's unsuccessful in achieving these reforms, and earns the disfavour of King Agesilaus II of Sparta.
King Archelaus I of Macedon is killed during a hunt, by one of the royal pages, his lover Craterus.

Egypt

King Amyrtaeus of Egypt is defeated in battle by his successor, Nepherites I of Mendes, and executed at Memphis. King Nepherites I, or Nefaarud I, founds the Twenty-ninth dynasty of Egypt. He makes Mendes his capital.

Births

Deaths

February 15 — Socrates, Greek philosopher (b. c. 470 BC)

King Amyrtaeus of Egypt

King Archelaus I of Macedon

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