371 BC

Decades: 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC - 370s BC - 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC

376 BC 375 BC 374 BC 373 BC 372 BC - 371 BC - 370 BC 369 BC 368 BC 367 BC 366 BC

• Battle of Leuctra, which ends the Spartan hegemony, and initiated the beginning of the Theban hegemony[?]
• A fresh peace congress was summoned at Sparta to ratify the Peace of Callias[?].
• Agesipolis II[?] succeeded his father Cleombrotus I as king of Sparta.

Births

• Mencius, Chinese philosopher (approximate date)

Deaths

• Cleombrotus I[?], king of Sparta. (died in the battle of Leuctra)