426
Year 426 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. 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, ends the Gothic revolt of Theodoric I in southern Gaul.
- Rex Flavius Gundericus of the Vandals accepts the request of the Alans in Hispania to become their ruler.
Mesoamerica
- K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' becomes the founder of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization at Copán.
Religion
- Augustine of Hippo publishes the De Civitate Dei, City of God.
- Sisinnius becomes Archbishop of Constantinople.
Births
- Liu Shao, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty
Deaths
- Fu Liang, official of the Liu Song Dynasty
- Xie Hui, general of the Liu Song Dynasty
- Xu Xianzhi, official of the Liu Song Dynasty
- Zhang, empress dowager of the Liu Song Dynasty