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Calendar overview 400
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| 400 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 392/393 |
| Buddhist calendar | 943/944 (southern Buddhism); 942/943 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 51st (52nd) cycle , year of the metal-rat庚子 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Pig 己亥) |
| Jewish calendar | 4160/61 (September 5-6) |
| Coptic calendar | 116/117 |
| Roman calendar | ab urbe condita MCLIII (1153); Diocletian Era : 116/117 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 710/711 (turn of the year April); Syria: 711/712 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 438 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 456/457 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Asia
- According to the history books Kojiki and Nihonshoki, Richū becomes 17th Emperor of Japan . Its historicity is controversial.
- The Xianbei attack the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo , but are repulsed by its king Gwanggaeto .
Europe
- Stilicho is consul in the Western Roman Empire .
religion
- The first council of Toledo takes place. Among other things, it condemns the doctrine of Priscillian with the Toletan Creed and punishes poisoning with life imprisonment.
- First ecclesiastical ban on books; it expresses the prohibition to read or possess Origen's writings (see: Edict contra Origenem ).
Culture
- around 400: Invention of the book cover
- around 400: Construction of the St. Ursula Basilica in Cologne
- around 400: The Indian poet Kalidasa writes the drama Shakuntala .
- around 400: In India the number zero is used for the first time .
nature and environment
- March 18 : Great Comet C / 400 F1 appears and is observed in China, Korea and Europe until mid-April.
Historical maps and views
Born
Exact date of birth unknown
- Benjamin of Persia , Christian martyr († 424 )
Born around 400
- Aspar , Eastern Roman army master of Alan descent († 471 )
- Aelia Eudocia , wife of Emperor Theodosius II († 460 )
- Bleda , co-ruler of the Huns, brother and murder victim of Attila († around 455 )
- Romanus of Condat , Hermit, and Holy († 463 / 464 )
- Salvian of Marseille , historian († around 480 )
Died
Exact date of death unknown
- Gainas , Roman general of Gothic descent
Died around 400
- Onophrios the great , saint (* around 320 )
- Castor von Karden , missionary in the Moselle region, saint
- Theon of Alexandria , last director of the library of Alexandria (* around 335 )
- Theodor von Sitten , bishop
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