Din Timelines

World History Timelines

450 To 499

[ ]

«|«|« |±| »|»|»

« |§| »

450

c - In the first year of Marcian and Valentinian, Hengest arrives on shores of Britain with "3 keels" of warriors, and are welcomed by Vortigern. This event is known in Latin as the "adventus Saxonum," the coming of the Saxons.

x - China Ink on seals is stamped on paper. This is true printing.

jul 28 - Theodosius II de Jongere, emperor Austrian Empire, dies.

nov 27 - Galla Placidia, daughter of Byzant emperor Constantius III, dies at 58.

dec 03 - Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies.

451

apr 07 - Attila's Hun's plunder Metz.

0964380323
@

jun 20 - Germans and Romans beat Atiila the Hun at Catalarinische Fields.

jun 24 - 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

sep 20 - General Aetius defeats Attila the Hun at Chalons-sur-Marne.

oct 08 - Council of Chalcedon 4th Ecumenical council opens.

452

c - Britain Increasing Saxon settlement in Britain. Hengest invites his son, Octha, from Germany with "16 keels" of warriors, who occupy the northern lands, to defend against the Picts. Picts never heard from again.

jun 08 - Italy invaded by Attila the Hun.

453

c - Increasing Saxon unrest. Raids on British towns and cities becoming more frequent.

454

sep 04 - Dioscorus van Alexandria, patriarch council of Efeze, dies.

455

mar 17 - Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor.

may 31 - Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched.

jun 02 - A D Gaiseric and the Vandals sacked Rome.

457

c - Battle of Aylesford (Kent) in which Ambrosius, along with sons of Vortigern, Vortimer and Cateyrn, defeat Hengest for the first time.

c - Death of Vortigern. Vitalinus (Guitolinus) new leader of pro-Celtic Pelagian faction.

458

c - Saxon uprising in full-swing. Hengest finally conquers Kent, in southeastern Britain.

c - Full-scale migration of British aristocrats and city-dwellers across the English Channel to Brittany, in northwestern Gaul. British contingent led by Riothamus (perhaps a title, not a name), thought by some to be the original figure behind the legends of Author. u.c.460

460

x - Ambrosius Aurelianus takes full control of pro-Roman faction and British resistance effort; leads Britons in years of back-and-forth fighting with Saxons.British strategy seems to have been to allow Saxon landings and to then contain them, there.u.c.470

oct 20 - Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies.

461

mar 17 - Myth St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul.

nov 10 - Leo I the Great, Italian Pope r.440-461 dies.

nov 19 - St Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope.

463

jul 16 - Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius.

465

c - King Arthur probrably born around this time.

466

c - Period of minimal Saxon activity.Refortification of ancient hillforts and construction of the Wansdyke possibly takes place during this time.u.c.473

c - Battle of Wippedesfleot, in which Saxons defeat Britons, but with great slaughter on both sides. Mutual "disgust and sorrow" results in a respite from fighting "for a long time."

468

feb 29 - St Hilary, Catholic Pope r.461-468, calendar reformer dies.

mar 03 - St Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius.

dec 18 - Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita.

469

c - Roman emperor, Anthemius, appeals to Britons for military help against the Visigoths.Reliable accounts by Sidonius Apolonaris and Jordanes name the leader of the 12,000 man British force, Riothamus. The bulk of the British force was wiped out in battle against Euric, the Visigothic king, and the survivors, including Riothamus, vanished and were never heard from again.

470

c - Battle of Wallop (Hampshire) where Ambrosius defeats Vitalinus, head of the opposing faction. Ambrosius assumes High-kingship of Britain.

472

aug 18 - Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker, is born.

aug 19 - Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies.

0679423087
@

oct 02 - Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic 472 dies.

473

x - Britain Men of Kent, under Hengest, move westward, driving Britons back before them "as one flees fire."

474

feb 03 - Leo I, Byzantine Emperor r.457-474, dies.

nov 17 - Leo II, Byzantine Emperor 474 dies.

476

x - Western Rome dies.

aug 23 - Odoacer elected King of Byzantine.

aug 28 - West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted.

aug 28 - German ruler Odoacer captures Pavia.

sep 04 - Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed.

477

x - Britain Saxon chieftain, Aelle, lands on Sussex coast with his sons. Britons engage him upon landing but his superior force drives them into the forest (Weald).Over next nine years, Saxon coastal holdings are gradually expanded in Sussex.

480

c - Vita Germani, the Life of St. Germanus, written by a continental biographer, Constantius.

482

jan 08 - Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies.

483

mar 10 - Simplicius, Italian Pope r.468-483, dies.

mar 13 - St Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope.

485

c - BritainMyth Period of Author's "twelve battles" during which he gains reputation for invincibility. u.c.496

apr 17 - Proclus, Greek mathematician, dies in Athens.

486

x - Britain Aelle and his sons overreach their normal territory and are engaged by Britons at battle of Mercredesburne. Battle is bloody, but indecisive, and ends with both sides pledging friendship.

489

c - China Large Buddhist temples built. Buddhists also use cave temples

490

c - Hengest dies. His son, Aesc, takes over and rules for 34 years.

oct 29 - Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies.

492

mar 01 - St Felix III ends his reign as Catholic Pope.

mar 01 - St Gelasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope.

mar 01 - St Felix III ends his reign as Catholic Pope.

493

mar 03 - Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker.

mar 15 - Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker of Italy.

mar 15 - Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy r.476-493, dies.

496

c - Britain Cerdic and Cynric, his son, land somewhere on the south coast, probably near the Hampshire-Dorset border.

c - Britain Britons, under overall command of Ambrosius and battlefield command of the "war leader" Author, defeat Saxons at the Siege of Mount Badon.

x - Britain Following the victory at Mt. Badon, the Saxon advance is halted with the invaders returning to their own enclaves.A generation of peace. Corrupt leadership, more civil turmoil, public forgetfulness and individual apathy further erode Romano-British culture over next fifty years, making Britain ripe for final Saxon "picking." u.c.550

x - Clovis Adopts Roman Christianity

0393003612
@

nov 21 - St Gelasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope.

nov 24 - Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope. re.List of Popes