The 5th century: key events

Chronyas has 661 events dated to the 5th century (401 to 500 CE), during the Ancient civilizations. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.

Most of the events in this century belong to Wars, politics & history and Civilizations & archaeology.

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from 401 CE to 1216Kingdom of Gwynedd
402 CEInnocent I becomes Pope
January 402 CETheodosius II becomes Roman emperor
July 403 CESynod of the Oak
31 December 406 CECrossing of the Rhine
31 December 406 CEThe Vandals, Alans and Suebi cross the Rhine
from 408 CE to 670 CEHephthalites
1 May 408 CETheodosius II becomes Byzantine emperor
from 409 CE to 585 CEKingdom of the Suebi
from 410 CE to 1058Kingdom of Strathclyde
from 410 CE to 1833Kingdom of Galicia
24 August 410 CE410 sack of Rome
24 August 410 CEAlaric and the Visigoths sack Rome
from 411 CE to 1030Kingdom of Burgundy
414 CEPublication of Te Deum
19 March 417 CEZosimus becomes Pope
29 December 418 CEBoniface I becomes Pope
from 420 CE to 589 CENorthern and Southern dynasties
from 420 CE to 479 CELiu Song dynasty
from c. 420s to 630sKingdom of Bernicia
25 March 421 CEFounding of Venice
11 September 422 CECelestine I becomes Pope
23 October 424 CEValentinian III becomes Western Roman emperor
from 429 CE to 442 CEVandal conquest of Roman Africa
28 August 430 CEDeath of Augustine of Hippo
from 22 June 431 CE to 31 July 431 CEFirst Council of Ephesus
1 August 432 CESixtus III becomes Pope
from 435 CE to 534 CEVandal Kingdom
from 435 CE to 437 CEBurgundian Revolt of Gunther
435 CEAttila becomes King of the Huns
from 439 CE to 442 CEVandal War (439-442)
29 September 440 CELeo I becomes Pope
449 CESecond Council of Ephesus
c. 450 CEConstruction of Takht-e Soleyman
450 CEBirth of Hormisdas
from 450 CE to 871 CEKingdom of Kent
from 450 CE to 655 CEKingdom of Deira
c. 450 CEEruption of Ilopango
451 CEAetius and Theodoric stop Attila at the Catalaunian Plains
20 June 451 CEBattle of the Maureaco Fields
1 November 451 CECouncil of Chalcedon
12 May 454 CEBirth of Theodoric the Great
c. 455 CEOrigins of Chichen Itza
c. 455 CEOrigins of Tbilisi
from 2 June 455 CE to 16 June 455 CESack of Rome
from 2 June 455 CE to 16 June 455 CEThe Vandals sack Rome
from 457 CE to 486 CERomain-Gaul domain of Soissons
September 458 CEEarthquake in Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
20 November 461 CEHilarius becomes Pope
3 March 468 CESimplicius becomes Pope
c. 472 CEEruption of Vesuvius
9 February 474 CEZeno becomes Byzantine emperor
June 474 CEJulius Nepos becomes Western Roman emperor
475 CETheodoric the Great becomes King of the Ostrogoths
31 October 475 CERomulus Augustus becomes Western Roman emperor
476 CEBirth of Aryabhata
from 476 CE to 1492Middle Ages
from 476 CE to 718 CEVisigothic Kingdom
from 476 CE to 900 CEEarly Middle Ages
476 CEFall of the western Roman Empire
August 476 CEZeno becomes Byzantine emperor
4 September 476 CEOdoacer becomes Monarch of Italy
from 477 CE to 825 CEKingdom of Sussex
from 479 CE to 502 CESouthern Qi
480 CEBirth of Boethius
3 March 480 CEBirth of Benedict of Nursia
from 481 CE to 843 CEFranciaf
481 CEClovis I becomes King of Franks
c. 482 CEOrigins of Kyiv
11 May 482 CEBirth of Justinian I
14 March 483 CEFelix III becomes Pope
2 March 492 CEGelasius I becomes Pope
from 493 CE to 553 CEOstrogothic Kingdom
15 March 493 CETheodoric the Great becomes Monarch of Italy
495 CEConstruction of Shaolin Monastery
25 November 496 CEAnastasius II becomes Pope
from 498 CE to 843 CEDál Riata
23 November 498 CESymmachus becomes Pope
c. 500sRise of medieval music
500 CEOrigins of Gunung Padang Megalithic Site

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