479

Year 479 (CDLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday 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, plans military campaigns 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.
• As Lý Trường Nhân, Jiaozhou's governor, died in final days of the Liu Song dynasty, Lý Thúc Hiến requested the Liu Song to be appointed as Trường Nhân's successor. The Liu Song rejected Thúc Hiến's request and appointed Thẩm Hoán, the governor of Nanhai Commandery, as the new governor of Jiaozhou, while Thúc Hiến was assigned to govern Vũ Bình and Tân Xương.<ref name=":0" /> However, with strong support from the local population, Thúc Hiến deployed troops throughout the region, preventing Thẩm Hoán from assuming office in Jiaozhou. As a result, Thẩm Hoán was forced to remain in Uất Lâm during the turbulent final days of the Liu Song dynasty, where he eventually died.<ref name=":0" />
• In July, emperor Qi Gao Di granted permission for Lý Thúc Hiến to continue his rule over Jiaozhou as its state governor.<ref>Book of Qi, Volume II, page 3a and Volume 58, page 7a.</ref><ref name=":0">Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, page 35, Peripheral Records vol. 4.</ref>
• Dongseong becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Baekje.<ref name=met>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Soji becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Silla.<ref name=met />

Births

• Ruan Xiaoxu, bibliography writer (d. 536)

Deaths

• Samgeun, king of Baekje (Korea)<ref name=met />
• Shun Di, emperor of Liu Song (b. 467)
• Wang Zhenfeng, empress of Liu Song (b. 436)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Yuan He, high official of Northern Wei (b. 403)
• Yūryaku, emperor of Japan