420s

The 420s decade ran from January 1, 420, to December 31, 429.

420

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By place

Roman Empire

• the Franks cross the Rhine and invade Northern Gaul. In Italia an army is prepared to campaign with Castinus as chief.

Persia

• Yazdegerd I dies after a 21-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Bahram V, who becomes head of the Persian Empire.
• Abdas, bishop of Susa, is accused of burning down one of the fire temples of Ahura Mazda, and after refusing to rebuild it, he is executed, under orders of Shah Yazdegerd I.

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.^[1]
• The Southern Dynasties begin in China.^[1]
• Guisin becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Baekje.^[2]
• The Gupta Empire reaches its peak territorial extent under Chandragupta II and his son Kumaragupta I.

Significant people

Births

Transcluding articles: AD 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, and 429

420

• Anthemius, emperor of the Western Roman Empire
• Ecdicius, Roman general (magister militum)
• Libius Severus, emperor of the Western Roman Empire
• Majorian, emperor of the Western Roman Empire
• Palladius, caesar and son of Petronius Maximus
• Valamir, king of the Ostrogoths (he is also thought to have been born in 425 AD^[20])
• Yuan Can, high official of the Liu Song Dynasty (d. 477)

422

• August 8 – Casper, ruler of the Maya city of Palenque
• Genevieve, patron saint of Paris (approximate date)
• Licinia Eudoxia, Roman empress (d. 493)

423

• Theodosius the Cenobiarch, monk and founder of the Monastery of St. Theodosius (approximate date)

425

• Iamblichus, Syrian philosopher
• Zeno, Byzantine Emperor (approximate date)

426

• Liu Shao, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (d. 453)

427

• Erbin of Dumnonia, Brythonic king (approximate date)
• Qi Gaodi, Chinese emperor of the Southern Qi Dynasty (d. 482)
• Wang Xianyuan, empress and wife of Song Xiaowudi (d. 464)

428

• Tuoba Huang, prince of the Xianbei state Northern Wei (d. 451)

429

• Liu Jun, prince of the Liu Song dynasty (d. 453)
• Zu Chongzhi, Chinese mathematician (d. 500)

Deaths

Transcluding articles: AD 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, and 429

420

• January 21 – Yazdegerd I, king of the Sassanid Empire
• February 26 – Saint Porphyry, bishop of Gaza (Palestine)
• September 30 – Saint Jerome, priest and translator of the Bible
• Saint Abdas, bishop of Susa (Iran)
• Li Xin, duke of the Chinese state Western Liang
• Orosius, Christian historian and theologian (approximate date)
• Pelagius, British monk (approximate date)
• Yao, empress consort and wife of Mingyuan

421

• September 2 – Constantius III, emperor of the Western Roman Empire^[21]
• Jin Gongdi, last emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 386)
• Li Xun, ruler of the Chinese state Western Liang
• Mary of Egypt, patron saint (approximate date)
• Ravina I, rabbi (teacher) and Jewish Talmudist

422

• June 26 – Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (b. 363)
• September 4 – Pope Boniface I
• Abraham of Cyrrhus, Syrian hermit and bishop
• Fa-Hien, Chinese Buddhist monk and traveler (approximate date)
• Theudemeres, king of the Franks (approximate date)

423

• August 15 – Honorius, Roman Emperor (b. 384)^[8]
• December 23 – Ming Yuan Di, ruler of the Xianbei state Northern Wei (b. 392)
• Eulalius, antipope of Rome^[22]
• Tufa, Chinese princess and wife of Qifu Chipan
• Xiao Wenshou, empress dowager of the Liu Song dynasty (b. 343)

425

• November 5 – Atticus, archbishop of Constantinople
• Gamliel VI, last Nasi (head of the Sanhedrin)
• Helian Bobo, emperor of the Chinese Xiongnu state Xia (born 381)
• Joannes, Roman usurper
• Mavia, Arab warrior-queen
• Sulpicius Severus, Christian writer (approximate date)
• Yax Nuun Ayiin I 15th Ajaw of Tikal (approximate date)

426

• Fu Liang, official of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 374)
• Xie Hui, general of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 390)
• Xu Xianzhi, official of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 364)
• Zhang, empress dowager of the Liu Song Dynasty

427

• December 24 – Sisinnius I, archbishop of Constantinople
• Guisin, king of Baekje (Korea)^[16]
• Tao Qian, Chinese poet of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (b. 365)

428

• Gunderic, king of the Vandals and Alans (b. 379)
• Qifu Chipan, prince of the Xianbei state Western Qin
• Theodore of Mopsuestia, bishop and theologian

429

• January 6 – Honoratus, archbishop of Arles
• Heremigarius, military leader of the Suebi