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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 4th century – 5th century – 6th century |
| Decades: | 450s 460s 470s – 480s – 490s 500s 510s |
| Years: | 477 478 479 – 480 – 481 482 483 |
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480 (CDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 480th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 480th year of the 1st millennium, the 80th year of the 5th century, and the 1st year of the 480s decade. As of the start of 480, the Gregorian calendar was 1 day ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
By place
Europe
- Odoacer stops an attempt by Julius Nepos to gain control of Italy again, and has Julius killed.
- Odoacer takes control of Dalmatia.
- Ireland: The Diocese of Connor is put up.
Asia
- Narasimhagupta Baladitya follows his father Skandagupta as king of the Gupta Empire.
Births
- Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, a Christian philosopher, was born.
- Damascius, a Neoplatonist philosopher, was born.
- Gelimer, the last king of the Vandals, was born.
- Benedict of Nursia, an early monasticist, was born (approximate date)
- Scholastica, the twin sister of Benedict of Nursia, was born.
- Xiao Zhaowen, the emperor of China's Southern Qi Dynasty (who was often known as the Prince of Hailing), was born.
Deaths
- Julius Nepos, the last legitimate Western Roman Emperor, was killed.
- Skandagupta, the ruler of the Gupta Empire, died.