Events

By Place

Western Roman Empire

• September 21 — During a meeting in his throne room in Ravenna, Emperor Valentinian III assassinates Aëtius. 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 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. Events and Trends 481 — Clovis I becomes king of the Franks upon the death of Childeric I (or 482) 481 — This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Events By Place Western Roman Empire April 7 — The Huns sack Metz. Events By Place Western Roman Empire Attila, king of the Huns, invades Italy. Events By Place Europe Theodoric II succeeds his brother Thorismund as king of the Visigoths. Events By Place Western Roman Empire March 16 — Valentinian III is murdered by former soldiers of Aëtius, in revenge Events By Place Western Roman Empire Capua is destroyed by the Vandals. Events By Place Western Roman Empire Majorian is declared emperor by Ricimer. 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 Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Ravenna is a City and Comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Flavius Placidius Valentinianus ( July 2, 419 &ndash March 16, 455) known in English as Valentinian III, was among the last Aëtius is also the name of several other persons Flavius Aëtius or simply Aëtius, (c

Europe

• The Battle of Nedao is fought between the Gepids and the Huns. The Battle of Nedao named after the Nedava, a tributary of the Sava, was a Battle fought in Pannonia in 454. The Gepids (Gepidae Gifðas ( Beowulf, Widsith) - possibly from * Gibiðos, "givers" or gepanta, see below were The Huns were an early confederation of Central Asian equestrian nomads or semi-nomads with a Turkic core of aristocracy
• Ireland: The Diocese of Clogher is erected. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world See also Clogher (disambiguation The Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher ( Irish: Deoise an Chlochar) was formed

Births

• Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths
• Emperor Xianwen of Northern Wei

Deaths

• September 17 — Pope Saint Dioscorus the Great
• September 21 — Aëtius (assassinated)