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Calendar overview 442
Map with all linked sites: | 442 | |
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| 442 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 434/435 |
| Buddhist calendar | 985/986 (southern Buddhism); 984/985 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 52nd (53rd) cycle
Year of the water horse壬午 ( at the beginning of the year metal snake 辛巳) |
| Jewish calendar | 4202/03 (September 20/21) |
| Coptic calendar | 158/159 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCXCV (1195)
Diocletian's era : 158/159 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 752/753 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 753/754 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 480 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 498/499 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
- In a contract with the Vandal King Geiseric recognized the Western Roman Empire under Valentinian III. whose empire was the first sovereign state on what had been Roman soil until then.
- Geiserich's son Hunerich is married to Eudocia , the daughter of Valentinian III. engaged; The connection between Hunerich and the daughter of Theodoric I , king of the Visigoths , is broken: she is sent home, her nose and ears mutilated.
- Geiserich suppresses a rebellion of the Vandal nobility against his sole rule.
Culture and religion
- around 442: The White Monastery in Sauhadsch ( Egypt ) is founded.
nature and environment
- November 9th : The Great Comet C / 442 V1 appears and is likely to be observed in China and Europe until mid-February 443 .
Born
- Isidore of Miletus , Greek architect († 537 )