459

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century 5th century 6th century
Decades:	430s 440s 450s 460s 470s
Years:	456 457 458 459 460 461 462

459 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	459 CDLIX
Ab urbe condita	1212
Assyrian calendar	5209
Balinese saka calendar	380–381
Bengali calendar	−134
Berber calendar	1409
Buddhist calendar	1003
Burmese calendar	−179
Byzantine calendar	5967–5968
Chinese calendar	Mậu tuấtNiên (EarthDog) 3156 or 2949 — to — Kỷ hợi niên (EarthPig) 3157 or 2950
Coptic calendar	175–176
Discordian calendar	1625
Ethiopian calendar	451–452
Hebrew calendar	4219–4220
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	515–516
-Shaka Samvat	380–381
-Kali Yuga	3559–3560
Holocene calendar	10459
Iranian calendar	163 BP – 162 BP
Islamic calendar	168 BH – 167 BH
Javanese calendar	344–345
Julian calendar	459 CDLIX
Korean calendar	2792
Minguo calendar	1453 beforeROC Dân tiền 1453 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−1009
Seleucid era	770/771AG
Thai solar calendar	1001–1002
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ cẩu niên (male Earth-Dog) 585 or 204 or −568 — to — Âm thổ trư niên (female Earth-Pig) 586 or 205 or −567

TheAvukana Buddha Statue(Sri Lanka)

Year459(CDLIX) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship ofRicimerandPatricius(or, less frequently,year 1212Ab urbe condita). The denomination 459 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• EmperorLeo Isigns apeace treatywith theOstrogoths.KingTheodemirsends his son, the futureTheoderic the Great,age 5, as a childhostagetoConstantinople.He learns at court aboutLatin,military tacticsandreligion(until469).

Britannia

• KingVortigernis burnt to death, while beingbesiegedby aRomano-Britishforce underAmbrosius AurelianusatGanarew(Herefordshire).

Europe

• TheFranksconquer the city ofTrier.TheFrankish Kingdombecomes a military power and gets involved inRomanpolitics.
• Remigius,age 22, is electedbishop of Reims(approximate date).

Asia

• KingDhatusena of Anuradhapuraof theMoriyan dynastyrules overSri Lanka.During his reign theAvukana Buddha statueis built.

Other events

• Total lunar eclipse on May 3, in which totality was for 106 minutes and 32 seconds. A totality of this length will not occur until August 19, 4763.

Births

• November 15–B'utz Aj Sak Chiik,king ofPalenque(Mexico).

Deaths

• September 2–Simeon Stylites,Christianpillar-saint.
• Hormizd III,king of theSasanian Empire(approximate date)
• Vortigern,king of theBritons(approximate date)