480
year
480 (CDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 480th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 480th year of the 1st millennium, the 80th year of the 5th century, and the 1st year of the 480s decade. As of the start of 480, the Gregorian calendar was 1 day ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 4th century – 5th century – 6th century |
| Decades: | 450s 460s 470s – 480s – 490s 500s 510s |
| Years: | 477 478 479 – 480 – 481 482 483 |
| Gregorian calendar | 480 CDLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1233 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5230 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 401–402 |
| Bengali calendar | −113 |
| Berber calendar | 1430 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1024 |
| Burmese calendar | −158 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5988–5989 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3176 or 3116 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3177 or 3117 |
| Coptic calendar | 196–197 |
| Discordian calendar | 1646 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 472–473 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4240–4241 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 536–537 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 401–402 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3580–3581 |
| Holocene calendar | 10480 |
| Iranian calendar | 142 BP – 141 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 146 BH – 145 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 365–367 |
| Julian calendar | 480 CDLXXX |
| Korean calendar | 2813 |
| Minguo calendar | 1432 before ROC 民前1432年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −988 |
| Seleucid era | 791/792 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1022–1023 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 606 or 225 or −547 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 607 or 226 or −546 |
Events
changeBy place
changeEurope
change- Odoacer stops an attempt by Julius Nepos to gain control of Italy again, and has Julius killed.
- Odoacer takes control of Dalmatia.
- Ireland: The Diocese of Connor is put up.
Asia
change- Narasimhagupta Baladitya follows his father Skandagupta as king of the Gupta Empire.
Births
change- Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, a Christian philosopher, was born.
- Damascius, a Neoplatonist philosopher, was born.
- Gelimer, the last king of the Vandals, was born.
- Benedict of Nursia, an early monasticist, was born (approximate date)
- Scholastica, the twin sister of Benedict of Nursia, was born.
- Xiao Zhaowen, the emperor of China's Southern Qi Dynasty (who was often known as the Prince of Hailing), was born.
Deaths
change- Julius Nepos, the last legitimate Western Roman Emperor, was killed.
- Skandagupta, the ruler of the Gupta Empire, died.