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Calendar overview 476
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 Romulus Augustulus and ruled as Rex Italiae . |
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| 476 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 468/469 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1019/20 (southern Buddhism); 1018/19 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 52nd (53rd) cycle
Year of the fire dragon丙辰 ( at the beginning of the year wood bunny 乙卯) |
| Jewish calendar | 4236/37 (September 5-6) |
| Coptic calendar | 192/193 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCCXXIX (1229)
Diocletian's era : 192/193 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 786/787 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 787/788 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 514 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 532/533 (turn of the year April) |
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Events
Politics and world events
Western Europe
- August 23 : The Germanic leader Odoacer rises against the Roman army master Orestes and his son, the last Western Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus . Orestes, who installed his son Romulus the previous year, is beaten, captured and executed near Piacenza . Romulus himself is deposed; his life is spared (he is allowed to live on an estate). Romulus' predecessor Julius Nepos , whom Orestes expelled in 475 , resided in Dalmatia as Western Roman emperor until 480 ; Romulus Augustulus, unlike him, was never recognized by the East . Since Odoacer, unlike Orestes, did not appoint a western (shadow) emperor, the year 476 marked the de facto end of the Western Roman Empire . In the past, this was often equated with the end of antiquity .
- Odoacer becomes king ( rex ) of the Germanic mercenaries in Italy and later receives formal recognition as imperial governor by the imperial government in Constantinople . His seat of power becomes Ravenna , the previous imperial residence. Formally, like all Germanic successor empires on western Roman soil, he recognized the suzerainty of the eastern Roman emperor.
- The Visigoths defeat the Franks in Gaul and are temporarily the most powerful Germanic tribe in Western Europe .
Eastern Roman Empire
- Beginning of August: The Eastern Roman Emperor Zenon drives out the usurper Basiliscus , from whom he fled the previous year , and takes Constantinople without a fight after Armatus , nephew of Basiliscus, and General Illus have also switched sides. Armatus' son is raised to caesar under the name Leo .
East asia
Religion and culture
- Between 476 and 483 the Georgian Orthodox priest Iakob Zurtaweli wrote the Martyrdom of Saint Shushanik . It is a hagiographic work in pre-Christian writing tradition.
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- August 28th : Flavius Orestes , western Roman army master and father of the last emperor Romulus Augustulus
Solidus of Basiliscus and Marcus: front with bust of Basiliscus, back with the enthroned emperors Basiliscus (left) and Marcus
Exact date of death unknown
- Basiliscus , Eastern Roman counter-emperor
- Marcus , Eastern Roman co-regent
Died around 476
- Chilperic II , part-king of Burgundy
- Godomar I , part king of the Burgundy
- after 476: Romulus Augustulus , last emperor of the Western Roman Empire (* around 460 )
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