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Calendar overview 457
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Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor as successor to Markian . | |
457 in other calendars | |
Ethiopian calendar | 449/450 |
Buddhist calendar | 1000/01 (southern Buddhism); 999/1000 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 52nd (53rd) cycle
Year of the Fire Rooster丁酉 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Monkey 丙申) |
Jewish calendar | 4217/18 (September 4th / 5th) |
Coptic calendar | 173/174 |
Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCCX (1210)
Diocletian's era : 173/174 (turn of the year November) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 767/768 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 768/769 (New Year October) |
Spanish era | 495 |
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 513/514 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Eastern Roman Empire
- February 7th : Leo I becomes Eastern Roman Emperor as successor to Markian . The native Thracian founded the Thracian dynasty . He is the first emperor to be crowned by the Patriarch of Constantinople .
Western Roman Empire
- April 1st : Majorian , with the help of Ricimer , becomes Western Roman Emperor as the successor to the murdered Avitus .
- Summer: Aegidius is operating against the Rhine Franconians on the left bank of the Rhine in the Cologne area.
- The Romans repel attacks by the Alemanni .
Egypt
- Easter: In Alexandria riots occur which are directed against the unpopular patriarch Proterius and in the course of which he is killed; Timothy Aelurus is his successor.
Persian Empire
- Hormizd III. becomes Persian great king of the Sassanids ; his brother Peroz I rebelled against him .
India
- Skandagupta defeats the Hephtalites and can thus save the existence of the Gupta empire again.
religion
- Victorius of Aquitaine wrote a work on the calculation of the Easter date on behalf of the Roman archdeacon and later Pope Hilary .
Born
Died
Date of death secured
- January 27 : Markian , Eastern Roman Emperor (* around 390 )
- October 28 : Ibas of Edessa , Assyrian bishop
Exact date of death unknown
- Agiulf , ruler of the Suebi appointed by the Visigoths
- Avitus , Western Roman Emperor (* around 385 )
- Pelagia , Christian saint
- Proterius of Alexandria , Patriarch of Alexandria
- Yazdegerd II , Persian great king
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