479

This article is about the year 479. For the number, see 479 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century 5th century 6th century
Decades:	450s 460s 470s 480s 490s
Years:	476 477 478 479 480 481 482

479 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	479 CDLXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1232
Assyrian calendar	5229
Balinese saka calendar	400–401
Bengali calendar	−114
Berber calendar	1429
Buddhist calendar	1023
Burmese calendar	−159
Byzantine calendar	5987–5988
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3176 or 2969     — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3177 or 2970
Coptic calendar	195–196
Discordian calendar	1645
Ethiopian calendar	471–472
Hebrew calendar	4239–4240
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	535–536
- Shaka Samvat	400–401
- Kali Yuga	3579–3580
Holocene calendar	10479
Iranian calendar	143 BP – 142 BP
Islamic calendar	147 BH – 146 BH
Javanese calendar	364–365
Julian calendar	479 CDLXXIX
Korean calendar	2812
Minguo calendar	1433 before ROC 民前1433年
Nanakshahi calendar	−989
Seleucid era	790/791 AG
Thai solar calendar	1021–1022
Tibetan calendar	阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 605 or 224 or −548     — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 606 or 225 or −547

Year 479 (CDLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Zeno without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1232 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 479 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

By place

Britannia

• Ambrosius Aurelianus, war leader of the Romano-British, is proclaimed king of the Britons (according to Historia Regum Britanniae). He rules probably in the south of Britain, and continues the war against the Anglo-Saxons.

Europe

• King Theodoric the Great starts a 4-year campaign against the Byzantine Empire. The Ostrogoths ravage the Roman provinces (Moesia and Thrace), and threaten the capital of Constantinople itself.
• Julius Nepos, former emperor of the Western Roman Empire, plots military plans in Dalmatia against Odoacer, hoping to regain control of Italy himself.

Asia

• Summer – The Liu Song dynasty ends and the Southern Qi dynasty begins in southern China. Emperor Shun Di is forced to abandon the throne and Qi Gao Di becomes the first ruler of Southern Qi. Later former Emperor Shun and empress Wang Zhenfeng are killed by the imperial guard, near the vicinity of the capital Jiankang.
• Dongseong becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Baekje.
• Soji becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Silla.

Births

• Ruan Xiaoxu, bibliography writer (d. 536)

Deaths

• Samgeun, king of Baekje (Korea)
• Shun Di, emperor of Liu Song (b. 467)
• Wang Zhenfeng, empress of Liu Song (b. 436)
• Yuan He, high official of Northern Wei (b. 403)
• Yūryaku, emperor of Japan