532: Jan 13 Nika riots begin in Contaninople, revolt against Emperor Justinian, prompted by chariot
racing

524: Jun 21 Godomar, King of the Burgundians, defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce

524: Jun 25 Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians

514: Jul 20 St Hormisdas elected as Pope succeeding Pope Sympowerus

502: ar 29 King Gundobar of Burgundy delegates royal power

502: Oct 23 The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus
of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.

490: Sep 12 Traditional date of the Battle of Marathon, where a small Athenian force defeats the
Persian Empire

483: Mar 13 St Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope

473: Nov 17 The future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I

461: Nov 19 St Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope

451: Apr 7 Attila's Huns plunder Metz

451: May 26 The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place. The
Armenians are defeated militarily but are guaranteed freedom to openly practice Christianity.

451: Jun 20 Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Roman and Visigoths forces defeat Attila the Hun in
north east France

451: Jun 24 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

440: Aug 19 St Sixtus III ends his reign as Catholic Pope

440: Sep 29 Pope Leo I the Great, installed

432: St Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave

431: Jun 22 Council of Ephesus (3rd ecumenical council) opens

421: Feb 8 Flavius Constantine becomes Co-Emperor as Emperor Constantius III of the Western Roman
Empire with Honorius

421: Mar 25 Friday at 12 PM - city of Venice founded