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Calendar overview 477
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| Anglo-Saxons under King lle found the Kingdom of Sussex . | |
| 477 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 469/470 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1020/21 (southern Buddhism); 1019/20 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 52nd (53rd) cycle
Year of the Fire Snake丁巳 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Dragon 丙辰) |
| Jewish calendar | 4237/38 (23/24 September) |
| Coptic calendar | 193/194 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCCXXX (1230)
Diocletian's era : 193/194 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 787/788 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 788/789 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 515 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 533/534 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Vandal empire
- January 25th : After Geiserich's death , his son Hunerich becomes King of the Vandals .
- The Vandals lose Sicily to the kingdom of Odoacer .
Britain
Fictional representation of Oll from John Speed's Saxon Heptarchy (1611)
- around 477: The Saxons who landed in England found - according to legend - the Kingdom of Sussex under King Ælle .
Asia
Died
- January 25 : Geiserich , King of the Vandals (* around 389 )
- Armatus , Eastern Roman military commander
- Lu Xiujing , Chinese scholar (* 406 )
- around 477: Mamertus , Archbishop of Vienne
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