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* The first [[Shinto]] shrines are built in [[Japan]].
* The [[Liu Song dynasty]] ends in [[Liu Song dynasty|China]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Eccles |first=Lance |date=1989 |title=The Seizure of the Mandate: Establishment of the Legitimacy of the Liang Dynasty (502–557) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41930764 |journal=[[Journal of Asian History]] |volume=23 |number=2 |pages=169–180 |doi= |jstor=41930764 |access-date=12 November 2024 |quote=This Song dynasty (420–478) has come to be known as the Liu Song...}}</ref>
* [[China|Chinese]] chronicles record a [[Official Communications of the Chinese Empire#Memorials|memorial]] sent by the "King of Japan" (possibly [[Emperor Yūryaku|Yūryaku]]), who describes himself as "Supreme Director of Military Affairs in Japan and [[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]]" to the Court of the [[Northern Wei Dynasty]]. The Chinese emperor responds by confirming the Japanese dynasty in those titles. This is the earliest verifiable date in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]].
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