475

Year 475 (CDLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Zeno without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1228 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 475 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century 5th century 6th century
Decades:	450s 460s 470s 480s 490s
Years:	472 473 474 475 476 477 478

475 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	475 CDLXXV
Ab urbe condita	1228
Assyrian calendar	5225
Balinese saka calendar	396–397
Bengali calendar	−118
Berber calendar	1425
Buddhist calendar	1019
Burmese calendar	−163
Byzantine calendar	5983–5984
Chinese calendar	甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 3171 or 3111     — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3172 or 3112
Coptic calendar	191–192
Discordian calendar	1641
Ethiopian calendar	467–468
Hebrew calendar	4235–4236
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	531–532
- Shaka Samvat	396–397
- Kali Yuga	3575–3576
Holocene calendar	10475
Iranian calendar	147 BP – 146 BP
Islamic calendar	152 BH – 151 BH
Javanese calendar	360–361
Julian calendar	475 CDLXXV
Korean calendar	2808
Minguo calendar	1437 before ROC 民前1437年
Nanakshahi calendar	−993
Seleucid era	786/787 AG
Thai solar calendar	1017–1018
Tibetan calendar	阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 601 or 220 or −552     — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 602 or 221 or −551

Emperor Romulus Augustus

Events

Roman Empire

• January 9 – Emperor Zeno abdicates under pressure, as his wife's uncle Basiliscus stages a coup d'état at Constantinople, with support from Zeno's trusted adviser and fellow Isaurian Illus. Basiliscus usurps the throne and is proclaimed new emperor (Augustus) of the Eastern Roman Empire. He begins a 20-month reign; Zeno and his supporters flee to Isauria.[1]
• April 9 – Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, promoting the Miaphysite christological position. These religious views will make him highly unpopular.[2]
• Summer – Emperor Julius Nepos grants the Visigoth King Euric legal tenure of his conquests, which include Provence (region of Gaul), in exchange for full independence.[3]
• August 28 – Magister Militum Orestes takes control of the government in Ravenna, and forces Julius Nepos to flee to Dalmatia.[4]
• October 31 – Romulus Augustus is installed as emperor by his father Orestes, who becomes regent in effect of the Western Roman Empire. Augustus will ultimately rule for 9 months, as the last emperor of the Western Empire.[5]

Asia

• Bodhidharma, Buddhist monk, travels to China and, begins teaching the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (approximate date).[6]
• Gongju becomes the capital of Baekje, and is threatened by Goguryeo, who conquers the Han River valley (Korea).[7]
• Munju becomes king of Baekje.[8]

Byzantine Empire

• Great fire in Constantinople with loss of Palace of Lausus and - along with it - the famous Zeus from Olympia.

Art

• A Bodhisattva (detail of a wall painting in the Ajanta Caves) in Maharashtra (India) of the Gupta period) is made (approximate date).[9]

Religion

• The compilation of the Babylonian Talmud, the source of the majority of Jewish Halakha, is completed.[10]
• The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites is consecrated in Syria.[11]

Births

• Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun (approximate date)[12]
• Ferreolus of Rodez, Roman senator (approximate date)[13]

Deaths

• May 27 – Eutropius, bishop of Orange[14]
• Flavius Magnus, Roman consul[15]
• Gaero, king of Baekje (Korea)[16]
• Mamertus, bishop of Vienne[17]
• Tonantius Ferreolus, praetorian prefect[18]

References

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2. Cameron, Averil (2012) [1993]. The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity: AD 395-700. Routledge History of the Ancient World (Second ed.). London & New York: Routledge. p. 37. ISBN 9781136673061.
3. McKitterick, Rosamond; Fouracre, Paul; Reuter, Timothy; Abulafia, David; Luscombe, David Edward; Allmand, C. T.; Riley-Smith, Jonathan; Jones, Michael (2005). The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 1, C.500-c.700. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 170. ISBN 9780521362917.
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5. Oaks, Dumbarton; Collection, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and; Grierson, Philip; Collection, Whittemore; Mays, Melinda (1992). Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection: From Arcadius and Honorius to the Accession of Anastasius. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. p. 269. ISBN 9780884021933.
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13. "Ferreolus, Senator of Narbonne b. c. 470 or 475: Johnson & Hanson". www.johnsonhansonfamily.com. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
14. Watkins, Basil (2015). The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary (8th ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780567664150.
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16. "Foundation and Expansion of Baekje > History of Baekje > Baekje Historic Areas > 디폴트 사이트". www.baekje-heritage.or.kr. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
17. Cohn-Sherbok, Lavinia (2004) [1998]. Who's Who in Christianity. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 194–195. ISBN 9781134509560.
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