429

This article is about the year 429. For other uses, see429 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century 5th century 6th century
Decades:	400s 410s 420s 430s 440s
Years:	426 427 428 429 430 431 432

429 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	429 CDXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1182
Assyrian calendar	5179
Balinese saka calendar	350–351
Bengali calendar	−164
Berber calendar	1379
Buddhist calendar	973
Burmese calendar	−209
Byzantine calendar	5937–5938
Chinese calendar	Mậu thầnNiên (EarthDragon) 3126 or 2919 — to — Kỷ tị niên (EarthSnake) 3127 or 2920
Coptic calendar	145–146
Discordian calendar	1595
Ethiopian calendar	421–422
Hebrew calendar	4189–4190
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	485–486
-Shaka Samvat	350–351
-Kali Yuga	3529–3530
Holocene calendar	10429
Iranian calendar	193 BP – 192 BP
Islamic calendar	199 BH – 198 BH
Javanese calendar	313–314
Julian calendar	429 CDXXIX
Korean calendar	2762
Minguo calendar	1483 beforeROC Dân tiền 1483 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−1039
Seleucid era	740/741AG
Thai solar calendar	971–972
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ long niên (male Earth-Dragon) 555 or 174 or −598 — to — Âm thổ xà niên (female Earth-Snake) 556 or 175 or −597

Year429(CDXXIX) was acommon year starting on Tuesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship ofFlorentiusandDionysius(or, less frequently,year 1182Ab urbe condita). The denomination 429 for this year has been used since the earlymedieval period,when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. However, you can call it the 429th year of the Common Era and the Anno Domini designation, the 429th year of the first millennium, the 29th year of the 5th century, and the 10th and last year of the 420s decade.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Spring – TheVandals,led byGenseric( "Caesar King" ), invadeNorth Africa.They land with a force of 80,000 men includingAlans,andGermanic tribesmenwith their families from theIberian Peninsula,across the narrowStrait of Gibraltar.The Vandal fleet raids the coasts of theMediterranean Sea,andblockadesthegrainandoilsupply toItaly.
• Genseric seizes lands from theBerbersand destroyschurchbuildings all overMauretania.He goes on a rampage forcingBonifacius,Roman governor, to retreat to the fortified coastal town ofHippo Regius(modernAnnaba).
• Bonifacius,weakened by the civil war against empressGalla Placidia,sues for peace and is elevated to the rank of supreme commander (magister militum) ofAfrica.
• EmperorTheodosius IIstarts to reform theCodex TheodosianusinConstantinople.He establishes a committee to codify allRoman laws.All funds raised byJewsto support schools have to be turned over to thestate treasury.
• TheTemple of Goddess Athena on the Acropolisof Athens is sacked. Athenian Pagans are persecuted.

By topic

Religion

• Pope Celestine Idispatches two bishops fromGaul,Germanus of AuxerreandLupus of TroyestoBritaincombat thePelagianheresy.
• Hilarysucceeds his kinsmanHonoratusand becomesarchbishop of Arles.
• Domnus II,futurepatriarch of Antioch,is ordained as adeacon.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Germanus-of-Auxerre

Births

• Liu Jun,prince of theLiu Song dynasty(d.453)
• Zu Chongzhi,Chinesemathematician(d.500)

Deaths

• January 6–Honoratus,archbishop of Arles
• Heremigarius,military leader of theSuebi