441 BC

Year 441 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Fusus and Crassus (or, less frequently, year 313 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 441 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

China

 * Zhou Ai Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China but dies before the year's end, to be succeeded by Zhou Si Wang.

Literature

 * The Greek playwright, Euripides, wins his first victory in a dramatic festival.
 * The Greek playwright Sophocles writes Antigone.

Deaths

 * King Zhending of Zhou, 28th King of the Zhou dynasty of China
 * King Ai of Zhou, 29th King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
 * King Si of Zhou, 30th King of the Zhou Dynasty of China