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Western Roman Empire

• Geiseric, king of the Vandals, captures Sicily. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini / Common era) was that Century The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini / Common Era. The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends Sack of Rome by the Visigoths under Alaric. Events and Trends Saint Augustine of Hippo publishes The City of God. Events and Trends Buddhagosha writes the Visuddhimagga in Sri Lanka (approximate date Events and Trends Armorica rebels against the Roman empire. Cunedda begins his reign as Monarch of Wales. Events and Trends 451 The battle of Avarayr 451, The Huns and the Ostrogoths facing the Romans Events and Trends Aspar becomes Magister militum and de facto ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire. Events and Trends 476 — Abdication of Romulus Augustus — fall of the Western Roman empire. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century 437 can also refer to MS-DOS Code page 437. Events By Place Roman Empire October 29 — Valentinian Events By Place Western Roman Empire The last known Gladiator combat in the Colosseum is held Events By Place Western Roman Empire Licinia Eudoxia, wife of the Emperor Valentinian III, is granted the title of ''Augusta'' Events 8 November — The first Council of Orange is convened under the guidance of Hilary of Arles in Orange France. Events By Place Western Roman Empire The Romans conclude a treaty with Geiseric, acknowledging the conquests of the Vandal nation Events By Place Western Roman Empire The Burgundians create a kingdom on the banks of the Rhone. Africa Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans - Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans ( 428 - 477 The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Geiseric the Lame (c 389 &ndash January 25, 477) also spelled as Gaiseric or Genseric, was the King of the Vandals Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy.

Asia

• Northern China is unified by the Northern Wei. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The Northern Wei Dynasty (北魏 Pinyin: běi wèi 386 - 534) also known as the Tuoba Wei (拓拔魏 Later Wei (後魏 or
• The Hepthalites, who will later be known as the Avars, move south from the Altay Mountains region into Transoxiana, Bactria, Khurasan and eastern Persia. The Hephthalites or White Huns were a Central Asian Nomadic confederation whose precise origins and composition remain obscure The Caucasian Avars are a modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan. The Altai Mountains (Алтай Altay; Алтай 阿尔泰山脉 are a Mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, Transoxiana (sometimes spelled Transoxania "河中“Chinese / Ma Wara'un-Nahr ( Arabic: ما وراء النهر / Farārood (فرارود "Bactrian" redirects here For the camel see Bactrian camel. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics.

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Religion

• September 29 — Pope Leo I succeeds Pope Sixtus III as the 45th pope. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Pope Saint Leo I or Pope Saint Leo the Great was Pope from September 29, 440 to November 10, 461. Pope History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and

Births

• Bodhidharma, semi-legendary Buddhist monk
• Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei
• Emperor Wu of Southern Qi

Deaths

• February 17 — Saint Mesrob, Armenian monk
• August 18 — Pope Sixtus III
• Paulinus, master of the offices in Constantinople (executed)
• Empress Yuan Qigui