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Events
By Place
Western Roman Empire
Asia
By Topic
Religion
Births
Deaths

Events


By Place

Western Roman Empire


Geiseric, king of the Vandals, captures Sicily.
Asia


★ Northern China is unified by the Northern Wei.

★ The Hepthalites, who will later be known as the Avars move south from the region of Altay Mountains into Transoxiana, Bactria, Khurasan and eastern Persia.
By Topic

Religion


September 29Pope Leo I succeeds Pope Sixtus III as the 45th pope.

Births



Bodhidharma, semi-legendary Buddhist monk

Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei

Emperor Wu of Southern Qi

Deaths



February 17Saint Mesrob, Armenian monk

August 18Pope Sixtus III

Paulinus, the master of the offices in Constantinople, executed

Empress Yuan Qigui

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