AD 420 explained
Year 420 (CDXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Theodosius and Constantius (or, less frequently, year 1173 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 420 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. You know that it was the 420th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 420th year of the 1st millennium, the 20th year of the 5th century, and the first year of the 420s decade.
Events
By place
Europe
Persia
Asia
- July 10 - The Jin Dynasty ends in China. Liu Yu (Emperor Wu of Liu Song) becomes the first ruler of the Liu Song Dynasty. Nanjing is reinstated as the capital of northern China.[2]
- The Southern Dynasties begin in China.
- Guisin becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Baekje.[3]
- The Gupta Empire reaches its peak territorial extent under Chandragupta II
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Deaths
Notes and References
- Web site: Kings of the Franks. 2021-03-29. www.historyfiles.co.uk.
- Bernard Grun, The Timetables of History, Simon & Schuster, 3rd ed, 1991.
- Web site: List of Rulers of Korea . www.metmuseum.org . 20 April 2019.