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623 BCE
Buddha Was Born in Lumbini, Nepal
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601 BCE
Laozi (or Lao Tzu) Was Born in Quren, China
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551 BCE
Confucius Was Born in Shandong Province, China
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544 BCE
Sun Tzu Was Born in Qi, China
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531 BCE
Laozi Went to the West and was Never Heard From Again
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479 BCE
Confucius Died of Natural Causes
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470 BCE
Socrates Was Born in Alopece, Greece
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470 BCE
Sun Tzu Died of Unknown Causes
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428 BCE
Plato Was Born in Athens, Greece
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400 BCE
Buddha Reached Parinirvana
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399 BCE
Socrates Died (From Drinking Hemlock)
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384 BCE
Aristotle Was Born in Stagira, Greece
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347 BCE
Plato Died of Natural Causes
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322 BCE
Aristotle Died (From Stomach Disease)
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René Descartes Was Born in Indre-et-Loire, France
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René Descartes Died (From Pneumonia)
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George Berkeley Was Born in Kilkenny, Ireland
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David Hume Was Born in EdinBurgh, Scotland
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Immanuel Kant Was Born
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George Berkeley Died (of Heart Failure)
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Hume Died (and Posthumously Published "Dialogues concerning Natural Religion”)
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Immanuel Kant Died (of Old Age)