5th century

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(4th century - 5th century - 6th century - other centuries)

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Contents

1 Events 2 Significant persons 3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 4 Decades and years

Events

• Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410.
• Attila the Hun conquers large parts of Europe, threatens to attack Rome in 452
• Vandals conquer Carthage in 439, sack Rome in 455
• At some point after 440, the Anglo-Saxons settle in Britain. The traditional story is that they were invited there by Vortigern.
• Last Roman ruler of Western Roman Empire leaves in 476. Europe enters into the middle ages
• Buddhism reaches Myanmar and Indonesia.
• According to the Book of Mormon, Moroni buries the Golden Plates and ends the record around 421.
• African and Indonesian settlers reach Madagascar.

Significant persons

• Augustine of Hippo, bishop, theologian
• St. Jerome hermit, cleric, Bible translator

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• stirrup invented in China
• heavy plow in use in Slavic lands
• metal horseshoes become common in Gaul
• Anglo-Saxon Futhorc alphabet used in England

Decades and years

390s	390	391	392	393	394	395	396	397	398	399
400s	400	401	402	403	404	405	406	407	408	409
410s	410	411	412	413	414	415	416	417	418	419
420s	420	421	422	423	424	425	426	427	428	429
430s	430	431	432	433	434	435	436	437	438	439
440s	440	441	442	443	444	445	446	447	448	449
450s	450	451	452	453	454	455	456	457	458	459
460s	460	461	462	463	464	465	466	467	468	469
470s	470	471	472	473	474	475	476	477	478	479
480s	480	481	482	483	484	485	486	487	488	489
490s	490	491	492	493	494	495	496	497	498	499
500s	500	501	502	503	504	505	506	507	508	509

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