475 - Definition and Overview

See also 475 (number)

Events

• Orestes forces western Roman emperor Julius Nepos to flee and declares his son Romulus Augustus to be emperor.
• Euric, king of the Visigoths, returns Provence to Rome in exchange for full independence.
• Byzantine emperor Zeno is deposed by his mother-in-law Verina and Basiliscus.
• Bodhidharma travels to China (approximate date).
• Gongju becomes the capital of Baekje, after Baekje loses the Han River valley to Goguryeo.

Births

• Clotilde, Burgundian princess