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Calendar overview 420
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| 420 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 412/413 |
| Buddhist calendar | 963/964 (southern Buddhism); 962/963 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 51st (52nd) cycle
Year of the metal monkey庚申 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Sheep 己未) |
| Jewish calendar | 4180/81 (September 24/25) |
| Coptic calendar | 136/137 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCLXXIII (1173)
Diocletian's era : 136/137 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 730/731 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 731/732 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 458 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 476/477 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- 420 or 413 : The Salfranken tribe crosses the Rhine to the west.
- A Franconian royal court is being built in Duisburg .
Asia
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- End of the Jin Dynasty and the beginning of the Southern and Northern Dynasties in the Chinese Empire : while the Northern Wei Dynasty rules in the north, the Liu Song follows in the south with its first emperor Liu Yu (Song Wu-di).
- around 420: In the Persian Sassanid Empire there is local persecution of Christians after a bishop has destroyed a fire temple. This leads to another Roman-Persian war .
science and technology
- around 420: Augustine writes De civitate Dei (On the God-State), in which he represents a doctrine of two kingdoms in 22 books: The earthly state stands opposite the community of God that is to be realized; for this Augustine declares, among other things, the use of the death penalty by the state to be legal.
religion
- around 420: The Abbey of Saint-Claude is founded.
Born
Born around 420
- Agilulf , Prince of the Suebi and Quadi
- Anthemius , Western Roman Emperor
- Hunerich , King of the Vandals († 484 )
- Palladius , co-regent and son of the Western Roman Emperor Petronius Maximus († 455 )
- Valamir , King of the Ostrogoths
Died
Date of death secured
- September 30th : Jerome , church father and theologian of the early church (* 347 )
Exact date of death unknown
Died around 420
- Abdas , Bishop of Susa
- 420/ 421 : Yazdegerd I. , Persian Great King
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