426

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Statue of Zeus, by Heemskerck (1572)

Year 426 (CDXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Theodosius and Valentinianus (or, less frequently, year 1179 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 426 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

Europe

• Flavius Aetius, Roman general (magister militum), ends the Gothic revolt of Theodoric I in southern Gaul.<ref>Bury (1923), pag. 242.</ref>
• Rex Flavius Gundericus of the Vandals accepts the request of the Alans in Hispania to become their ruler (approximate date).Template:Citation needed

Mesoamerica

• K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' becomes the founder of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization at Copán (modern Honduras).

Religion

• Augustine of Hippo publishes the De Civitate Dei, City of God.
• Sisinnius becomes Archbishop of Constantinople.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Births

• Liu Shao, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (d. 453)

Deaths

• Fu Liang, official of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 374)
• Xie Hui, general of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 390)
• Xu Xianzhi, official of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 364)
• Zhang, empress dowager of the Liu Song Dynasty