460s
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 4th century – 5th century – 6th century |
| Decades: | 430s 440s 450s – 460s – 470s 480s 490s |
| Years: | 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
460s: events by year
Contents: 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469
460
By place
Western Roman Empire
Europe
Asia
- The Hepthalites conquer the Kushans and enter India.
By topic
Art
- The remodeling of the dome of Baptistry of Neon, Ravenna, Italy, is finished.
- Seated Buddha, Cave 20, Yungang, Datong, Shanxi, is made. Northern Wei dynasty (approximate date).
Religion
- The Coptic Orthodox Church splits from the Chalcedonian Church of Alexandria.
- Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople, banishes Timothy Aelurus, the monophysite Patriarch of Alexandria.
462
By place
Eastern Roman Empire
- September 1 – Possible start of the first Byzantine indiction cycle.
- The Statue of Zeus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is destroyed by fire after being moved to Constantinople.
Asia
- The Daming calendar is introduced in China by mathematician Zu Chongzhi (425–500).
463
By place
Western Roman Empire
- Childeric I, king of the Salian Franks, allies with the Roman general Aegidius against the Visigoths.
464
By place
Eastern Roman Empire
- Olybrius becomes a consul in Constantinople.
465
By place
Eastern Roman Empire
- Basiliscus becomes a consul in the Eastern Roman Empire.
Europe
- According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Hengist and Esc slay twelve Welsh leaders near Wippedfleet.
Asia
- Song Qian Fei Di, then Song Ming Di become ruler of the Song Dynasty in China.
By topic
Religion
- Peter the Fuller becomes Patriarch of Antioch.
466
By place
Eastern Roman Empire
Europe
- Euric succeeds his brother Theodoric II as king of the Visigoths.
By topic
Religion
- Peter the Fuller is deposed as Patriarch of Antioch; Julian is elected as his successor.
467
By place
Western Roman Empire
468
By place
Eastern Roman Empire
- The Vandal fleet defeats the navy of Leo I in the Battle of Cape Bon.
- The Huns again invade Dacia and are once more repelled by Leo.
By topic
Religion
- March 3 – Pope Simplicius succeeds Pope Hilarius as the 47th pope.
469
By place
Eastern Roman Empire
By topic
Religion
- Pope Gelasius I dedicates February 14 as St. Valentine's Day, after the Roman Catholic church moves the pagan Feast of Lupercalia to the same day. - I think this is a mistake? This occurred in 496.
