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Heads of State
Year of the Metal Monkey庚申(at the beginning of Earth Sheep己未)
Era of Diocletian: 196/197 ( year November )
Syria: 791/792 ( year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- Odoacer defeats an attempt by the former Western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos, Italy to recover. Julius Nepos is killed.
- Seinei is 22nd emperor of Japan.
Science and Technology
- The mathematician Zu Chongzhi in Imperial China succeeds in calculating the mathematical constant Pi to 7 decimal places.
Born
- 475/480: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius († 524 or 525 )
- 480: Dignaga, Indian logician († 540)
- 480: Gelimer, last king of the Vandals († 553 )
- 480: Benedict of Nursia, founder of the Order († 547)
- 480: Scholastica of Nursia, Saints, sister of Benedict ( † about 542)
- 480: Theodahad, ostgotischer King († 536)
Died
- Julius Nepos, western Roman emperor (c. 430)