490bc: The Greeks defeat the Persians in Battle of Marathon and eventually send the Persians packing
because a runner covered 26.2 miles from one battle site (Marathon) to another (Athens).

509bc: The temple of Jupiter on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September

522bc: Darius I of Persia kills Magian usurper Gaumāta, securing his hold as king of the Persian
Empire

539bc: King Cyrus "the Great" of Persia marches into Babylon, freeing Jewish captives and allowing
them to return home

551bc: On September 28th Confucius is born.

585bc: Solar eclipse, as predicted by Greek philosopher Thales, while Lydians at war with the Medes
leads to a truce. One of the cardinal dates from which other dates calculated.

588bc: Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The siege lasts
until July 23, 586 BC

597bc: Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king

599bc: Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism is born (d. 527 BC)

612bc: Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire. Destruction of Nineveh.

660bc: Japan traditionally founded by mythical Emperor Jimmu-tenno

660bc: Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu

711bc: Jimmu, Japanese emperor is born (d. 585 bc)

721bc: 1st recorded lunar eclipse; Location, Babylon

747bc: Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Er

750bc: Homer writes the Iliad and the Odessey [hint: 500 years after the Trojan war]

753bc: Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date)

763bc: Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian
history

781bc: Oldest Chinese recording of a solar eclipse

1279bc: Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the Great becomes Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt (19th Dynasty)

1425bc: Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty).

1457bc: Battle of Megiddo: Egyptian forces of Thutmose III defeat a large Canaanite coalition under
King of Kadesh. First battle recorded with a reliable account.

1479bc: Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut
(according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty)

1490bc: Hatshepsut of Egypt, the first female pharoah begins her reign (early xdresser)

2137bc: Seen in China, 1st recorded total eclipse of the sun