420s
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Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century
Decades: 370s - 380s - 390s - 400s - 410s - 420s - 430s - 440s - 450s - 460s - 470s
Years: 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429
Major Events
- Saint Augustine of Hippo publishes The City of God
- Validity limit for the information on Western Roman Empire in the Notitia Dignitatum.
420s: Events by Year
Contents: 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429
420
By Place
Europe
Asia
- End of the Jin Dynasty in China. Liu Yu (Emperor Wu of Liu Song) is the first ruler of the Song Dynasty.
- Beginning of Southern Dynasties in China.
- Bahram V succeeds Yazdegerd as king of Persia.
421
By Place
Western Roman Empire
- February 8 - Constantius III becomes Co-Emperor of the Western Empire.
Eastern Roman Empire
- June 7 - Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia, formerly known as Athenais.
Persia
- Theodosius declares war on Persia.
422
By Topic
Religion
- September 10 - Pope Celestine I succeeds Pope Boniface I as the 43rd pope.
423
By Place
Western Roman Empire
- On the death of Honorius, a primicerius notariorum (senior civil servant) Joannes seizes the throne of the Western Roman Empire, and is declared emperor.
By Topic
Religion
- Theodoret becomes bishop of Cyrrhus, Syria.
424
By Place
Eastern Roman Empire
- Future Emperor Valentinian III is appointed caesar.
Asia
- Song Wen Di succeeds Song Shao Di as ruler of the Chinese Song Dynasty.
425
By Place
Western Roman Empire
- October 23 -Valentinian III becomes western Roman emperor.
- Aëtius leads an army into Italy to support the self-proclaimed emperor Joannes.
Eastern Roman Empire
- The Sanhedrin is disbanded by the Roman Empire.
By Topic
Arts and Sciences
- Last known usage of Demotic.
Religion
- Buddhism begins to spread to Southeast Asia.
426
By Place
Europe
By Topic
Religion
- Saint Augustine of Hippo publishes the De Civitate Dei, City of God.
- Sisinnius becomes Archbishop of Constantinople.
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427
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Asia
428
By Place
Europe
By Topic
Religion
- April 10 - Nestorius is made Patriarch of Constantinople.
- Hydatius becomes bishop of Aquae Flaviae in Gallaecia (modern Chaves in Portugal).
- John succeeds Theodotus as Patriarch of Antioch.
429
By Place
Western Roman Empire
- Vandals under Geiseric cross from the Iberian Peninsula into Roman North Africa.
Eastern Roman Empire
- Theodosius II starts the reform of Roman law.
- Theodosius II orders all funds raised by Jews to support schools be turned over to his treasury.
By Topic
Religion
- Pope Celestine I dispatches bishops Germanus of Auxerre and Lupus of Troyes to Britain to combat the Pelagian heresy.
- St. Hilary becomes bishop of Arles.
- Domnus II, future Patriarch of Antioch, is ordained as a deacon.
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