Moments in History
The events Wikipedia's editors chose for each day of the year — about 6,500 turning points, each at the day it happened.
Events 6531 totals
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Jan
1
417
📜 Galla Placidia was forced by her brother Honorius into marriage with Constantius III,…
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Feb
8
421
📜 Honorius declared Constantius III to be his co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
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Jun
7
421
📜 Roman emperor Theodosius II married Aelia Eudocia, who later helped to protect Greek…
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Feb
15
438
📜 The Codex Theodosianus, a compilation of the laws of the Roman Empire, was published.
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Oct
8
451
📜 The Council of Chalcedon, a Christian ecumenical council, opened, and went on to…
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Mar
17
455
📜 After arranging for the assassination of Valentinian III, Petronius Maximus secured the…
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May
31
455
📜 Petronius Maximus, the ruler of the Western Roman Empire, was stoned to death by a mob…
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Feb
7
457
📜 Leo I (pictured), who ruled for nearly 20 years, was crowned Byzantine emperor.
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Aug
2
461
📜 Unpopular among the Senate aristocracy for his reforming efforts, Roman emperor Majorian…
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Jan
18
474
📜 The young child Leo II became the sole Byzantine emperor upon the death of his…
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Jun
24
474
📜 Western Roman emperor Glycerius, who was not recognized by his Eastern counterpart Leo…
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Jan
12
475
📜 Basiliscus became Byzantine emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople.
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Apr
9
475
📜 Basiliscus issued the Enkyklikon, a circular letter to bishops supporting the…
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Aug
28
475
📜 Orestes took control of Ravenna, the capital of the Western Roman Empire, forcing…
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Oct
31
475
📜 Romulus Augustulus took the throne as the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
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Sep
4
476
📜 Germanic leader Odoacer captured Ravenna and deposed Emperor Romulus Augustus, marking…
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Dec
28
484
📜 Alaric II (depicted) succeeded his father Euric as King of the Visigoths.
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Apr
11
491
📜 Anastasius I Dicorus (pictured) became the Eastern Roman emperor.
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Feb
2
506
📜 Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, promulgated a collection of Roman law known as the…
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Aug
1
527
📜 Upon the death of Justin I, his nephew and adopted son Justinian I became the sole ruler…
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Jan
2
533
📜 Mercurius, a Roman priest, was elected Pope John II; he was likely the first pope to…
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Sep
13
533
📜 The Byzantines under Belisarius defeated the Vandal King Gelimer at the Battle of Ad…
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Dec
15
533
📜 Byzantines led by Belisarius defeated the Vandal King Gelimer at the Battle of…
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Nov
16
534
📜 The second edition of the Code of Justinian, a codification of Roman law by Byzantine…
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Dec
27
537
📜 The reconstructed Hagia Sophia in Constantinople was inaugurated; built as a church, it…
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