477
| Centuries: | 4th century · 5th century · 6th century |
| Decades: | 440s 450s 460s 470s 480s 490s 500s |
| Years: | 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 |
The eastern hemisphere in 477.
| 477 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 477 CDLXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1230 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1367 – -1366 |
| Bengali calendar | -116 |
| Berber calendar | 1427 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1021 |
| Burmese calendar | -161 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5985 – 5986 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年十二月初一日 (3113/3173-12-1) — to —
丁巳年十二月十一日(3114/3174-12-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 193 – 194 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 469 – 470 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4237 – 4238 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 533 – 534 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 399 – 400 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3578 – 3579 |
| Holocene calendar | 10477 |
| Iranian calendar | 145 BP – 144 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 150 BH – 148 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2810 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1020 |
Events
By place
Europe
- Huneric becomes king of Vandals.
- According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Aelle, king of the South Saxons, arrives in England, with his three sons, near Cymenshore.
Asia
- Song Shun Di succeeds Song Hou Fei Di as ruler of the Chinese Liu Song Dynasty.
- Shaolin Temple founded (according to the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks (AD 645) by Dàoxuān, the Shaolin Monastery was built on the north side of Shaoshi, the western peak of Mount Song, one of the four Sacred Mountains of China, by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty in AD 477. Yang Xuanzhi, in the Record of the Buddhist Monasteries of Luoyang (AD 547), and Li Xian, in the Ming Yitongzhi (AD 1461), concur with Daoxuan's location and attribution. For alternate founding date, see AD 497).
- This year is the earliest date for the oldest known painted depiction of a horse collar, on a cave mural of Dunhuang, China, Northern Wei Dynasty.
Births
Deaths
- January 25—Gaiseric, King of the Vandals
- King Munju of Baekje, king of the Baekje Kingdom of Korea
- Timothy, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
- Armatus, Byzantine magister militum praesentialis (killed by Emperor Zeno)
- Emperor Houfei of Liu Song
- Liu Bing
- Yuan Can