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Contents

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 29 — Pope 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 17 — Saint Mesrob, Armenian monk

★ August 18 — Pope Sixtus III

★ Paulinus, the master of the offices in Constantinople, executed

★ Empress Yuan Qigui