456

This article is about the year. For other uses, see 456 (disambiguation).

Centuries:	4th century · 5th century · 6th century
Decades:	420s 430s 440s 450s 460s 470s 480s
Years:	453 454 455 456 457 458 459

456 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	456 CDLVI
Ab urbe condita	1209
Assyrian calendar	5206
Balinese saka calendar	377–378
Bengali calendar	−137
Berber calendar	1406
Buddhist calendar	1000
Burmese calendar	−182
Byzantine calendar	5964–5965
Chinese calendar	乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3153 or 2946     — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3154 or 2947
Coptic calendar	172–173
Discordian calendar	1622
Ethiopian calendar	448–449
Hebrew calendar	4216–4217
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	512–513
- Shaka Samvat	377–378
- Kali Yuga	3556–3557
Holocene calendar	10456
Iranian calendar	166 BP – 165 BP
Islamic calendar	171 BH – 170 BH
Javanese calendar	341–342
Julian calendar	456 CDLVI
Korean calendar	2789
Minguo calendar	1456 before ROC 民前1456年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1012
Seleucid era	767/768 AG
Thai solar calendar	998–999
Tibetan calendar	阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 582 or 201 or −571     — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 583 or 202 or −570

Events

By place

Western Roman Empire

• Capua is destroyed by the Vandals.
• Ricimer beats the Vandals in a sea battle near Corsica.
• 5 October—Theodoric II of the Visigoths, in the name of the emperor Avitus, defeats the Sueves on the river Urbicus near Astorga in Gallaecia; this shatters the power of the Sueves.
• 17 October—The magistri militum Ricimer and Majorian defeat the emperor Avitus, and compel him to renounce the purple and become Bishop of Placentia. Ricimer becomes de facto ruler of the Western Roman Empire.

Eastern Roman Empire

• Emperor Marcian quells disturbances on the Armenian frontier.

British Isles

• St. Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary Bishop.

Births

• Liu Zixun

Deaths

• Eutyches, Greek theologian

Modern Usage

• A 456 is a perfect roll in the game of Ceelo