475

This article is about the year 475. For the 2013 Moroccan documentary film, see 475 (film).

Year 475 (CDLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Zeno without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1228 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 475 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.

475 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	475 CDLXXV
Ab urbe condita	1228
Assyrian calendar	5225
Balinese saka calendar	396–397
Bengali calendar	−119 – −118
Berber calendar	1425
Buddhist calendar	1019
Burmese calendar	−163
Byzantine calendar	5983–5984
Chinese calendar	甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 3172 or 2965     — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3173 or 2966
Coptic calendar	191–192
Discordian calendar	1641
Ethiopian calendar	467–468
Hebrew calendar	4235–4236
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	531–532
- Shaka Samvat	396–397
- Kali Yuga	3575–3576
Holocene calendar	10475
Iranian calendar	147 BP – 146 BP
Islamic calendar	152 BH – 151 BH
Javanese calendar	360–361
Julian calendar	475 CDLXXV
Korean calendar	2808
Minguo calendar	1437 before ROC 民前1437年
Nanakshahi calendar	−993
Seleucid era	786/787 AG
Thai solar calendar	1017–1018
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Wood-Tiger) 601 or 220 or −552     — to — ཤིང་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Wood-Hare) 602 or 221 or −551

Emperor Romulus Augustus

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• January 9 – Emperor Zeno abdicates under pressure, as his wife's uncle Basiliscus stages a coup d'état at Constantinople, with support from Zeno's trusted adviser and fellow Isaurian Illus. Basiliscus usurps the throne and is proclaimed new emperor (Augustus) of the Eastern Roman Empire. He begins a 20-month reign; Zeno and his supporters flee to Isauria.^[1]
• April 9 – Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, promoting the Miaphysite christological position. These religious views will make him highly unpopular.^[2]
• Summer – Emperor Julius Nepos grants the Visigoth King Euric legal tenure of his conquests, which include Provence (region of Gaul), in exchange for full independence.^[3]
• August 28 – Magister Militum Orestes takes control of the government in Ravenna, and forces Julius Nepos to flee to Dalmatia.^[4]
• October 31 – Romulus Augustus is installed as emperor by his father Orestes, who becomes regent in effect of the Western Roman Empire. Augustus will ultimately rule for 10 months, as the last Western Emperor.^[5]

Asia

• Bodhidharma, Buddhist monk, travels to China and, begins teaching the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (approximate date).^[6]
• Gongju becomes the capital of Baekje, and is threatened by Goguryeo, who conquers the Han River valley (Korea).^[7]
• Munju becomes king of Baekje.^[8]

Byzantine Empire

• Great fire in Constantinople with loss of Palace of Lausus and - along with it - the famous Zeus from Olympia.

By topic

Art

• A Bodhisattva (detail of a wall painting in the Ajanta Caves) in Maharashtra (India) of the Gupta period) is made (approximate date).^[9]

Religion

• The compilation of the Babylonian Talmud, the source of the majority of Jewish Halakha, is completed.^[10]
• The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites is consecrated in Syria.^[11]

Births

• Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun (approximate date)^[12]
• Ferreolus of Rodez, Roman senator (approximate date)^[13]

Deaths

• May 27 – Eutropius, bishop of Orange^[14]
• Flavius Magnus, Roman consul^[15]
• Gaero, king of Baekje (Korea)^[16]
• Mamertus, bishop of Vienne^[17]
• Tonantius Ferreolus, praetorian prefect^[18]