320 Bc

Events

• Aristophanes defines rhythm as tripartite (consisting of three parts).
• End of the First War of the Diadochi (322-320 BC), one of many fought between the successors to Alexander the Great after his death in 323 BC.
• Theophrastus begins the systematic study of botany.
• Zhou Shen Jing Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

Births

• Timocharis of Alexandria, Greek astronomer responsible for the first recorded observation of Mercury and the first star catalogue.

Deaths

• Anaximenes of Lampsacus, Greek rhetorician and historian.
• Perdiccas, general of Alexander the Great and regent following his death. (assassinated)
• Zoilus, Greek grammarian and critic.

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