477

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Events

By Place

Europe

* Huneric becomes king of Vandals.
* According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Aelle, king of the South Saxons, arrives in England, with his three sons, near Cymenshore.

Asia

* Song Shun Di succeeds Song Hou Fei Di as ruler of the Chinese Liu Song Dynasty.
* This year is the earliest date for the oldest known painted depiction of a horse collar, on a cave mural of Dunhuang, China, Northern Wei Dynasty.

Births

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Deaths

* January 25 — Gaiseric, King of the Vandals
* King Munju of Baekje, king of the Baekje Kingdom of Korea
* Timothy, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
* Armatus, Byzantine "magister militum praesentialis" (killed by Emperor Zeno)
* Emperor Houfei of Liu Song
* Liu Bing
* Yuan Can