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Calendar overview 475
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 and rises to be Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire . |
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| 475 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 467/468 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1018/19 (southern Buddhism); 1017/18 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 52nd (53rd) cycle
Year of the wooden hare乙卯 ( at the beginning of the year wooden tiger 甲寅) |
| Jewish calendar | 4235/36 (September 17/18) |
| Coptic calendar | 191/192 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCCXXVIII (1228)
Diocletian's era : 191/192 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 785/786 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 786/787 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 513 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 531/532 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Eastern Roman Empire
- January 9th : Verina , mother-in-law of the Eastern Roman emperor Zenon and her brother Basiliscus conspire against the emperor. Zenon flees Constantinople because of the planned palace revolt.
- January 10th : Basiliscus is proclaimed Byzantine (counter) emperor. A little later his son Marcus was raised to caesar .
Western Europe
Tremissis of Romulus Augustulus
- October 31 : After his predecessor Julius Nepos has been driven out, Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed the last Western Roman emperor by the troops at the instigation of his father Orestes . However , he is not recognized as emperor by the Eastern Roman Empire .
- Trier comes under the rule of the Rhine Franks ; Cologne is also becoming Franconian. Since the local ruler of Triers, Arbogast the Younger , is a Catholic, the Christian faith is preserved.
- Eurich , King of the Visigoths , gives Provence back to Westrom and in return receives complete independence for his people (see Visigoth Empire ).
- 475/ 476 : The Visigoths is Codex Euricianus a popular law in Latin, which both the Germans governs the legal relations as well as the novels in the country recorded.
East asia
- Under King Jangsu , the Korean empire Goguryeo invades neighboring Baekje and conquers Pyongyang and the capital Hanseong within a short time . Baekjes King Gaero is captured and killed along with numerous members of the royal family. The new King Munju relocates the seat of government to Ungjin , which offers more protection from attackers from the north, but is also very inaccessible and therefore unsuitable as a capital in the long term.
religion
- A synod in Arles condemns the doctrine of predestination of Lucidus.
Disasters
- Legend has it that the statue of Zeus of Phidias , one of the Seven Wonders of the World , was destroyed by fire in Constantinople .
Died
- Gerasimos , Christian monk and saint
- Yeghishe Vardapet , Armenian historian (* 410 )
- around 475: Salvian of Marseille , church father and historian (* around 400 )
- around 475: Valentin of Raetia , Bishop of Passau
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