420 - Definition and Overview

For other uses, see number 420.

Events

• End of the Jin Dynasty in China. Liu Yu (Song Wu Di) is the first ruler of the Song Dynasty.
• Beginning of Southern Dynasties in China.
• Bahram V of Persia succeeds Yazdegerd I of Persia.
• Pharamond leads the Franks across the Rhine.

Births

• Glycerius, western Roman Emperor (approximate date)

Deaths

• September 30 - Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate
• Yazdegerd I of Persia