| 384 B.C. | Aristotle born at Stagira on the Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece. |
| 367 B.C. | Enters Plato’s Academy in Athens, where he remains for twenty years. |
| 347 B.C. | Leaves Athens after not being appointed head of the Academy on the death of Plato, and takes up residence at the court of Hermias of Atarneus in Asia Minor. |
| 347 B.C. | Marries Pythias. |
| 344 B.C. | Leaves for nearby island of |
| Lesbos, where he settles at Mytilene. | |
| 343 B.C. | Becomes tutor to the young Alexander the Great. |
| 339 B.C. | Retires to Stagira. |
| 335 B.C. | Returns to Athens and founds the Lyceum as a rival to the Academy. |
| 323 B.C. | Anti-Macedonian feeling in Athens on the death of Alexander causes Aristotle to flee. He takes up residence at Chalkis on the island of Euboea. |
| 322 B.C. | Dies on Euboea, aged sixty-three. |