| Year | Aristotle | Other |
| 400 B.C. | 399: death of Socrates | |
| 390 B.C. | 384: birth in Stageira, Macedonia | |
| 380 B.C. | ||
| 370 B.C. | 368/7: study at Plato's Academy in Athens | |
| 360 B.C. | 356: birth of Alexander | |
| 350 B.C. | 348/7: left Academy and moved to Assos 346/5: married Pythia, biological studies on Lesbos 343/2: tutor to Alexander in Pella |
348/7: death of Plato |
| 340 B.C. | 335/4: established Lyceum in Athens. Aristotle composed most or all of his extant writings during these years in Athens. | 336: Alexander crowned Macedonian king after his father Philip's murder; 334: crosses Hellespont and begins conquest of Persia |
| 330 B.C. | 323: flight to Euboia 322: death; Theophrastus becomes director of Lyceum |
327: Alexander reaches the Indus River 323: death of Alexander the Great 322: Greek revolt against Macedonian hegemony fails |
| 320 B.C. |