•
380 –
415:
Chandragupta II reigns over the golden age of the
Gupta Empire. •
399 –
412: The Chinese
Buddhist monk
Faxian sails through the
Indian Ocean and travels throughout
Sri Lanka and India bring and gather Buddhist scriptures. •
401:
Kumarajiva, a Buddhist monk and translator of
sutras into Chinese, arrives in
Chang'an. • Early 5th century:
Baptistry of Neon,
Ravenna,
Italy, is built. • 5th century:
North Acropolis, Tikal,
Guatemala, is built.
Mayan culture. •
405:
Mesrop Mashtots introduces number 36 of the 38 letters of the newly created
Armenian Alphabet. •
406: The eastern frontier of the
Western Roman Empire collapses as waves of
Suebi,
Alans, and
Vandals cross the then-frozen river
Rhine near
Mainz and enter
Gaul. •
407:
Constantine III leads many of the Roman military units from Britain to Gaul and occupies
Arles (Arelate). This is generally seen as Rome's withdrawal from
Britain. •
410:
Rome ransacked by the
Visigoths led by King
Alaric. •
411:
Suebi establish the
first independent Christian kingdom of Western Europe in
Gallaecia. •
413:
St. Augustine, Bishop of
Hippo, begins to write
The City of God. •
415 –
455:
Kumaragupta, Gupta emperor. •
420: The
Jin dynasty comes to an end by
Liu Yu. •
420 –
589:
Northern and Southern dynasties in
China. •
426:
K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' reestablishes
Copan. •
430: The
Ilopango volcano erupts, devastating the
Mayan cities in present-day
El Salvador. •
431:
First Council of Ephesus, the third
ecumenical council which upholds the title
Theotokos or "mother of God", for
Mary, the mother of
Jesus Christ. •
439:
Vandals
conquer Carthage. • At some point after
440, the
Anglo-Saxons settle in
Britain. The traditional story is that they were invited there by
Vortigern. •
450: Historical linguist
Albert C. Baugh dates
Old English from around this year. •
450: Several stone inscriptions are made witness to edicts from West Java. Amongst others, the
Tugu inscription announces decrees of
Purnavarman, the King of
Tarumanagara, one of the earliest Hindu kingdoms of Java. (up until the year 669) •
451:
Council of Chalcedon, the fourth ecumenical council which taught of Jesus Christ as one divine person in two natures. •
451: The
Persians declare war on the
Armenians. •
451: The
Huns under
Attila facing the
Romans and the
Visigoths are defeated in the
Battle of Chalons. •
452: The
Metropolis of
Aquileia is destroyed by Attila and his army. •
452:
Pope Leo I meets in person with Attila on the
Mincio River and convinces him not to ransack Rome. •
453: Death of Attila. The
Hunnic Empire is divided between Attila's sons. •
454:
Battle of Nedao. Germanic tribes destroy the main Hunnic army and do away with Hunnic domination. •
455: Vandals
sack Rome. •
455: The city of
Chichen Itza is founded in Mexico. •
455 –
467:
Skandagupta, the last great Gupta emperor. •
469: Death of
Dengizich, last
Khan of the
Hunnic Empire. •
470:
Riothamus, King of the Britons, helps the Roman Emperor in
Brittany against the
Visigoths. •
476: Deposition of
Romulus Augustulus by
Odoacer: traditional date for the
Fall of Rome in the West. •
477 or
495: Chan Buddhists found the
Shaolin Monastery on
Mount Song in
Henan,
China. •
480: Assassination of
Julius Nepos, the last
de jure Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, in
Dalmatia. •
481:
Clovis I becomes King of the
Western Franks upon the death of
Childeric I. •
482: Territory of modern
Ukraine is established in
Kiev. •
486: Clovis defeats
Syagrius and conquers the last free remnants of the
Western Roman Empire. •
490: (approximate date) Battle of
Mount Badon. According to
legend, British forces led by
King Arthur defeated the invading
Saxons. •
491: King
Clovis I defeats and subjugates the Kingdom of
Thuringia in Germany. •
493:
Theodoric the Great ousts Odoacer to become
King of Italy. •
494: Northern
Gaul is united under the
Frankish King Clovis I, founder of the
Merovingian dynasty. •
496:
Battle of Tolbiac. King Clovis subjugates the
Alamanni, and is baptized Christian with a large number of Franks by
Remigius, bishop of
Reims. •
Buddhism reaches
Burma and
Indonesia. •
African and
Indonesian settlers reach
Madagascar. • The
Hopewell tradition comes to an end in
North America. •
Tbilisi is founded by King
Vakhtang Gorgasali. ==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==