376
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376 (CCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 376th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 376th year of the 1st millennium, the 76th year of the 4th century, and the 7th year of the 370s decade. As of the start of 376, the Gregorian calendar was 1 day ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 3rd century – 4th century – 5th century |
| Decades: | 340s 350s 360s – 370s – 380s 390s 400s |
| Years: | 373 374 375 – 376 – 377 378 379 |
| Gregorian calendar | 376 CCCLXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1129 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5126 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 297–298 |
| Bengali calendar | −217 |
| Berber calendar | 1326 |
| Buddhist calendar | 920 |
| Burmese calendar | −262 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5884–5885 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 3072 or 3012 — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 3073 or 3013 |
| Coptic calendar | 92–93 |
| Discordian calendar | 1542 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 368–369 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4136–4137 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 432–433 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 297–298 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3476–3477 |
| Holocene calendar | 10376 |
| Iranian calendar | 246 BP – 245 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 254 BH – 253 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 258–259 |
| Julian calendar | 376 CCCLXXVI |
| Korean calendar | 2709 |
| Minguo calendar | 1536 before ROC 民前1536年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1092 |
| Seleucid era | 687/688 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 918–919 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 502 or 121 or −651 — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 503 or 122 or −650 |
Events change
By place change
Roman Empire change
- Gothic War: Emperor Valens lets the Visigothic chieftain Fritigern and his people cross the Danube from Thrace. They can live in Lower Moesia if they provide soldiers to the legions.
- The Greuthungi, led by Alatheus and Saphrax, ask for help from the Roman Empire. They are refused.
- The Romans fail to disarm the Visigoths. The Goths break out of their containment area along the Danube. They go south towards the region near Marcianople (Bulgaria).
- Lupicinus, Comes (Count) of Thrace, tries to bring the Visigoths back under control. He invites Fritigern and the Gothic leaders to a banquet. During the feast Lupicinus tries to kill the Gothics. Fritigern escapes.
- Lupicinus attacks the Visigoths. His force (5,000 men) is defeated. The Goths get Roman armour and weapons. Fritigern marches south towards Adrianople (Turkey).
- Winter – Fritigern tries to siege Adrianople.
China change
- Zhang Tianxi, ruler of Former Liang, submits to Fu Jiān of Former Qin, thus ending the state of Former Liang. Zhang is made "Marquess of Guiyi".
- China is divided between the Former Qin in the north and the Eastern Jin in the south.
Births change
- Cyril of Alexandria, patrairch and theologian (d. 444)
Deaths change
- Ermanaric, king of the Gothic Greuthungi
- Theodosius the Elder, Roman general
- Tuoba Shiyijian, prince of the Tuoba Dai (b. 320)
- Yuan Hong, historian and politician of the Jin Dynasty (b. 328)