In tribute of the greatest commander
of all the
times...
Alexander's
biography
356 BC 2nd August Birth of Alexander
III at Pella,Macedon
343 BC Aristotle appointed as tutor
of Alexander
342 BC Alexander gets Bucephalas 340
BC Alexander regent in Macedonia during campaign of Philip against Byzantium; Alexander
defeats Thracian tribe.End of the tutorship of Aristotle
338 BC 2nd August Battle of
Chaeronea: King Philip defeats Greeks, Alexander commands cavalry
337 BC Olympia and Alexander in
exile.In autumn Alexander returns.
336 BC Spring Officers Parmenion and
Attalus take advance force into
Persia October Murder of King Philip; Alexander ascends
throne of Macedonia Autumn
Execution of Amyntas, son of Perdiccas III and heir to the throne; Execution of Cleopatra, widow of Philip, and her newborn
son; Third meeting of Corinthian
League at Corinth: Alexander confirmed as hegemon of Greece; Meeting
with philosopher Diogenes
335 BC Spring Spring - Campaign to
the Danube; Battle of the
Lyginus: Alexander defeats Triballians Alexander crosses river
Danube: establishment of
northern frontiers Summer Attack on Pelium:
Alexander defeats Illyrians
September Alexander ends revolt at Thebes
334 BC May/June Alexander crosses
Hellespont into Persia Battle of
the Granicus: Alexander defeats Persian defense force
Summer- Alexander captures Milete Autumn Alexander
captures Halicarnassus, Persian
stronghold; Alexander grants winter leave to
newly wedded soldiers Winter
Alleged conspiracy: arrest of Alexander
of Lyncestis; Legendary
miraculous passing of Mount Climax; Campaign
against Pisidians Alexander
solves riddle of the 'Gordian
Knot'Gordium
333 BC May Alexander leaves Gordium
September Alexander falls ill at river Cydnus
Alexander arrives at Tarsus, Cilicia
November Battle of Issus: Alexander defeats Persian King Darius III; Alexander
captures Persian Royal family
Parmenion captures Damascus: capture of
Barsine,; widow of Memnon and future mistress of Alexander and mother
of his first child, Heracles
332 BC
January-July Siege of Tyre
Summer First peace offer of King Darius
July 29(30) Fall of Tyre
September- October Siege of Gaza
November 14 Alexander crowned Pharaoh in Memphis, Egypt
331 BC Winter Oracle of Siwa
allegedly confirms divinity of Alexander Foundation of Alexandria, Egypt
Spring Return to Phoenicia
Summer Second peace offer of King Darius
September 20 Army witnesses total eclipse of the moon in northern Mesopotamia
October 1 Battle of Gaugamela (Arbela)
October 21 Alexander enters Babylon
November 25 Alexander leaves Babylon
December 15 Alexander enters Susa
December Campaign against the Uxians
330 BC January Alexander forces his
way through Persian Gates
Winter/Spring Five months stay in Persepolis
April Campaign against the Mardians
May Alexander ( or Thais) burns Persepolis
Summer Alexander dismisses allied
troops Autumn Revolt of Satibarzanes, satrap of
Aria;Satibarzanes killed by
officer Erigiyus
October Alleged conspiracy: execution of officers Philotas and his father Parmenion; Craterus
becomes second in command; execution of Alexander of Lyncestis
329 BC Spring Alexander crosses
Hindu Kush into Central Asia
May Arrest of Bessus, usurper of Persian throne
Summer Alleged massacre of the Branchidae; Founding of Alexandria-the-Furthest; Battle
of the Iaxartes: Alexander defeats Scythians; Rebel leader Spitamenes annihilates
Macedonian forces at Maracanda
328 BC Spring-Autumn Submission of
Pharasmenes, ruler of the Chorasmians Army split in five divisions against rebellions in
Central Asia Defeat of rebel leader Spitamenes; Alexander kills officer Cleitus the Black during
brawl
327 BC Winter Attempt to introduce
'proskynesis'; alleged conspiracy: execution of court historian Callisthenes Spring
Alexander captures 'Sogdian Rock', rebel stronghold; Surrender of rebel Chorienes;Defeat of rebels
Catanes and Austanes Marriage to Roxane, daughter of Bactrian noble Oxyartes
Summer Invasion of India
326 BC Winter-Spring Siege of
Massaga: Massaga's Queen Cleophis allegedly concieves a son of Alexander (named
Alexander)Alexander captures 'Rock of Aornus', Indian stronghold Battle of
the Hydaspes: Alexander defeats King Porus; Death of Bucephalas
Autumn Army refuses further advance at river Hyphasis; Alexander orders retreat
Death of officer Coenus; Roxane's first child dies at birth at the
river Acesines Start of voyage down the Indus Campaign against the
Mallians: Alexander's lung pierced by an arrow
325 BC Summer Craterus marching with
part of the army through Arachosia towards Carmania Alexander reaches Indian
Ocean Alexander starts march through Gedrosian desert
Autumn/Winter Fleet under command of Nearchos sets sail for Persian Gulf Alexander reaches
Pura,capital of Gedrosia Reunion of Alexander and Craterus in
Carmania Mercenary revolts in Bactria; Desertion of Harpalus
324 BC Winter/spring First reunion
between Alexander and Nearchos near Salmus,Carmania 'Reign of Fear': Alexander punishes
and executes Persian satraps who abused power in his absence Alexander
orders mass wedding at Susa, Persia: marriage to Statira, daughter of Darius
III, and to Parysatis, daughter of Artaxerxes III Second reunion
April/May - Alexander founds last Alexandria(Charax) at the mouth
of river Tigris
July - Mutiny (or strike)of the army at Opis, Mesopotamia between Alexander and Nearchos near mouth of the Tigris
August 4 [September 3] - Alexander issues Exiles' Decree
End of August Craterus leaves with veterans
October Death of Hephaestion
323 BC Winter Campaign against
Cossaeans April Alexander returns in Babylon
May Funeral of Hephaestion
June 10 Alexander dies
after ten days of illness