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Year '''420''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDXX]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Theodosius II|Theodosius]] and [[Constantius III|Constantius]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1173 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 420 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.

==Events==

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====Europe====

=== By place ===

*[[Pharamond]] leads the [[Franks]] across the [[Rhine]].

==== Roman Empire ====

* The [[Franks]] cross the Rhine and invade Northern [[Gaul]]. In Italia an army is prepared to campaign with [[Flavius Castinus|Castinus]] as chief.

* Comes [[Asterius (comes Hispaniarum)|Asterius]] conducts [[Asterius' campaign in Gallaecia|campaign in Gallaecia]] and ends the usurpation of [[Maximus of Hispania|Maximus]].

* A [[Late Roman army|Roman army]] under command of vicar [[Maurocellus]] suffers a defeat at [[Braga]] in [[Gallaecia]].

==== Persia ====

* [[Yazdegerd I]] dies after a 21-year reign, and is succeeded by his son [[Bahram V]], who becomes head of the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]].

* [[Abdas of Susa|Abdas]], bishop of [[Susa]], is accused of burning down one of the [[fire temple]]s of [[Ahura Mazda]], and after refusing to rebuild it, he is executed, under orders of Shah [[Yazdegerd I]].

==== Asia ====

* [[July 10]] &ndash; The [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]] ends in [[China]]. Liu Yu ([[Emperor Wu of Liu Song]]) becomes the first ruler of the [[Song Dynasty (420-479)|Liu Song Dynasty]]. The capital of the dynasty is [[Nanjing]].<ref name=":1">Bernard Grun, ''The Timetables of History'', Simon & Schuster, 3rd ed, 1991. {{ISBN|0671749196}}</ref>

* The [[Southern Dynasties]] begin in [[China]].<ref name=":1" />

* [[Guisin of Baekje|Guisin]] becomes king of the Korean kingdom of [[Baekje]].<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Rulers of Korea |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref>

* The [[Gupta Empire]] reaches its peak territorial extent under [[Chandragupta II]] and his son [[Kumaragupta I]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==

* [[Anthemius]], emperor of the [[Western Roman Empire]]

* [[Ecdicius]], Roman general (''[[magister militum]]'')

* [[Euric]], king of the [[Visigoths]] (d. [[484]])

* [[Libius Severus]], emperor of the Western Roman Empire

* [[Majorian]], emperor of the Western Roman Empire

* [[Palladius (Caesar)|Palladius]], ''[[caesar (title)|caesar]]'' and son of [[Petronius Maximus]]

* [[Valamir]], king of the [[Ostrogoths]] (he is also thought to have been born in 425 AD<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Kings of the Franks|url=https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/FeaturesEurope/FranceKings.htm#:~:text=Pharamond%20(c.370-426)&text=In%20420,%20he%20reportedly%20led,who%20had%20settled%20near%20Cologne.|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.historyfiles.co.uk}}</ref>)

* [[Yuan Can]], high official of the [[Liu Song Dynasty]] (d. [[477]])

====Asia== Deaths ==

* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Yazdegerd I]], king of the [[Sassanid Empire]]

*End of the [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]] in [[China]]. Liu Yu ([[Emperor Wu of Liu Song]]) is the first ruler of the [[Song Dynasty (420-479)|Song Dynasty]].

* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Porphyry of Gaza|Saint Porphyry]], bishop of [[Gaza City|Gaza]] ([[Palestine (region)|Palestine]])

*Beginning of [[Southern Dynasties]] in [[China]].

* [[September 30]] &ndash; [[Jerome|Saint Jerome]], priest and [[Translation|translator]] of the [[Vulgate|Bible]]

*[[Bahram V of Persia|Bahram V]] succeeds [[Yazdegerd I of Persia|Yazdegerd]] as king of Persia.

* [[Abdas of Susa|Saint Abdas]], bishop of [[Susa]] ([[Iran]])

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* [[Li Xin (duke)|Li Xin]], [[duke]] of the Chinese state [[Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)|Western Liang]]

==Births==

* [[GlyceriusOrosius]], WesternChristian Romanhistorian Emperorand [[Theology|theologian]] (approximate date)

* [[Pelagius (British monk)|Pelagius]], British [[monk]] (approximate date)

* [[Consort Yao|Yao]], [[empress consort]] and wife of [[Emperor Mingyuan of Northern Wei|Mingyuan]]

==Deaths References ==

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*[[September 30]] - Saint [[Jerome]], translator of the [[Vulgate]]

*[[Orosius]], Spanish historian and theologian

*[[Yazdegerd I of Persia]] (b. [[399]])

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