A meteorite hits the Estonian island of Saaremaa, forming the Kaali crater (approximate date).
Greece's games of the 25th Olympiad is held at Olympia with the first equestrian event. A four-horse chariot race is run at the nearby hippodrome, slaves driving the chariots in a fierce competition that not infrequently ends in death.
Archilochus, Greek lyric poet (approximate date)
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