Centuries:	6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades:	440s BC  430s BC  420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC  390s BC  380s BC
Years:	417 BC 416 BC 415 BC - 414 BC - 413 BC 412 BC 411 BC

414 BC by topic

Politics

State leaders - Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births - Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e

414 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	414 BC
Ab urbe condita	340
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2257 – -2256
Berber calendar	537
Buddhist calendar	131
Burmese calendar	-1051
Byzantine calendar	5095 – 5096
Chinese calendar	[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2223/2283) — to — [[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2224/2284)
Coptic calendar	-697 – -696
Ethiopian calendar	-421 – -420
Hebrew calendar	3347 – 3348
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-358 – -357
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2688 – 2689
Holocene calendar	9587
Iranian calendar	1035 BP – 1034 BP
Islamic calendar	1067 BH – 1066 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	1920
Thai solar calendar	130
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Events

By place

Greece

• Athens responds to appeals from its general, Nicias, by sending out 73 vessels to Sicily under the command of Demosthenes to assist Nicias and his forces with the siege of Syracuse.
• The Athenian army moves to capture Syracuse while the larger fleet of Athenian ships blocks the approach to the city from the sea. After some initial success, the Athenian troops become disorganised in the chaotic night operation and are thoroughly routed by Gylippus, the Spartan commander. The Athenian commander Lamachus is killed. Nicias, although ill, is left in sole charge of the siege of Syracuse.

By topic

Drama

• Aristophanes' play The Birds is performed.

Births

Deaths

• Lamachus, Athenian general