323 BCE
Death Of Alexander The Great
About this moment
The death of Alexander the Great and subsequent related events have been the subjects of debates. According to a Babylonian astronomical diary, Alexander died in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon between the evening of 10 June and the evening of 11 June 323 BC, at the age of 32. Macedonians and local residents wept at the news of the death, while Achaemenid subjects were forced to shave their heads.
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- Philip II of Macedon · 385 BCE – 336 BCE
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- Alfred the Great · 849 CE – 899 CE
- Otto I the Great · 912 CE – 973 CE
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