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| 421 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 413/414 |
| Buddhist calendar | 964/965 (southern Buddhism); 963/964 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 51st (52nd) cycle
Year of the metal rooster辛酉 ( at the beginning of the year metal monkey 庚申) |
| Jewish calendar | 4181/82 (September 12/13) |
| Coptic Calendar | 137/138 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCLXXIV (1174)
Diocletian's era : 137/138 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 731/732 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 732/733 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 459 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 477/478 (turn of the year April) |
events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire
- February 8: The Western Roman Emperor Honorius appoints his Magister militum Constantius III. , the husband of his sister Galla Placidia , Augustus and co-emperor; However, Constantius dies on September 2nd during the preparations for a campaign against the Eastern Emperor Theodosius II , the nephew of Honorius, who refused Constantius recognition and regards him as a usurper. Constantius' rise from commander in chief of the Western Roman army to de facto ruler had a lasting impact on the later patricii et magistri militum .
- March 25th: According to legend , the foundation stone for the Church of San Giacomo di Rialto is laid on the Rialto . This is considered to be the founding date for the city of Venice .
- June 7th: The Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia , who thus competes with the emperor's influential sister, Aelia Pulcheria .
Persian Empire
- 420/421: After the mysterious death of Yazdegerd I , who probably fell victim to a conspiracy between priests and nobles, his son Bahram V became great king in the Persian Sassanid Empire . Bahram, whose relationship with his father has been strained, is confronted with several problems, above all with a strong high nobility who have repeatedly come into conflict with Yazdegerd and want his son to be excluded from the line of succession, and the no less influential Zoroastrian priests. Bahram initially continued the persecution of Christians ordered by his father. With the support of the Lachmids , he was able to prevail against the opposing king Chosrau, who was appointed by the nobility . However, Bahram has to make several concessions to the influential nobility. So he feels compelled to let considerable amounts of tax revenue flow back to the rich nobility and to forego part of the property tax in the future. In addition, another war begins with the Byzantine Empire .
religion
- Appeal dispute between East and West Rome; of Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II. makes Illyrien under the canonical supremacy of the Patriarch of Konstantin Opel . Objection of Pope Boniface I.
Died
- September 2: Constantius III. , Co-emperor in the Western Roman Empire
- Jin Gongdi , last emperor of the Chinese Jin dynasty
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