AD 420
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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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AD 420 by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 420 CDXX |
Ab urbe condita | 1173 |
Assyrian calendar | 5170 |
Balinese saka calendar | 341–342 |
Bengali calendar | −173 |
Berber calendar | 1370 |
Buddhist calendar | 964 |
Burmese calendar | −218 |
Byzantine calendar | 5928–5929 |
Chinese calendar | Kỷ vịNiên (EarthGoat) 3117 or 2910 — to — Canh thân niên (MetalMonkey) 3118 or 2911 |
Coptic calendar | 136–137 |
Discordian calendar | 1586 |
Ethiopian calendar | 412–413 |
Hebrew calendar | 4180–4181 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | 476–477 |
-Shaka Samvat | 341–342 |
-Kali Yuga | 3520–3521 |
Holocene calendar | 10420 |
Iranian calendar | 202 BP – 201 BP |
Islamic calendar | 208 BH – 207 BH |
Javanese calendar | 304–305 |
Julian calendar | 420 CDXX |
Korean calendar | 2753 |
Minguo calendar | 1492 beforeROC Dân tiền 1492 niên |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1048 |
Seleucid era | 731/732AG |
Thai solar calendar | 962–963 |
Tibetan calendar | Âm thổ dương niên (female Earth-Goat) 546 or 165 or −607 — to — Dương kim hầu niên (male Iron-Monkey) 547 or 166 or −606 |
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Year420(CDXX) was aleap year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Theodosius and Constantius(or, less frequently,year 1173Ab urbe condita). The denomination 420 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. You know that it was the 420th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 420th year of the 1st millennium, the 20th year of the 5th century, and the first year of the 420s decade.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Europe
[edit]Persia
[edit]- Yazdegerd Idies after a 21-year reign, and is succeeded by his sonBahram V,who becomes head of thePersian Empire.
- Abdas,bishop ofSusa,is accused of burning down one of thefire templesofAhura Mazda,and after refusing to rebuild it, he is executed, under orders of ShahYazdegerd I.
Asia
[edit]- July 10– TheJin Dynastyends inChina.Liu Yu (Emperor Wu of Liu Song) becomes the first ruler of theLiu Song Dynasty.Nanjingis reinstated as the capital of northern China.[2]
- TheSouthern Dynastiesbegin inChina.[2]
- Guisinbecomes king of the Korean kingdom ofBaekje.[3]
- TheGupta Empirereaches its peak territorial extent under Chandragupta II
Births
[edit]- Anthemius,emperor of theWestern Roman Empire
- Ecdicius,Roman general (magister militum)
- Libius Severus,emperor of the Western Roman Empire
- Majorian,emperor of the Western Roman Empire
- Palladius,caesarand son ofPetronius Maximus
- Valamir,king of theOstrogoths(he is also thought to have been born in 425 AD[1])
- Yuan Can,high official of theLiu Song Dynasty(d.477)
Deaths
[edit]- January 21–Yazdegerd I,king of theSassanid Empire
- February 26–Saint Porphyry,bishop ofGaza(Palestine)
- September 30–Saint Jerome,priest andtranslatorof theBible
- Saint Abdas,bishop ofSusa(Iran)
- Li Xin,dukeof the Chinese stateWestern Liang
- Orosius,Christian historian andtheologian(approximate date)
- Pelagius,Britishmonk(approximate date)
- Yao,empress consortand wife ofMingyuan
References
[edit]- ^ab"Kings of the Franks".www.historyfiles.co.uk.RetrievedMarch 29,2021.
- ^abBernard Grun,The Timetables of History,Simon & Schuster, 3rd ed, 1991.ISBN0671749196
- ^"List of Rulers of Korea".www.metmuseum.org.RetrievedApril 20,2019.