426

Year 426 (CDXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Theodosius and Valentinianus (or, less frequently, year 1179 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 426 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century 5th century 6th century
Decades:	400s 410s 420s 430s 440s
Years:	423 424 425 426 427 428 429

426 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	426 CDXXVI
Ab urbe condita	1179
Assyrian calendar	5176
Balinese saka calendar	347–348
Bengali calendar	−167
Berber calendar	1376
Buddhist calendar	970
Burmese calendar	−212
Byzantine calendar	5934–5935
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 3122 or 3062     — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3123 or 3063
Coptic calendar	142–143
Discordian calendar	1592
Ethiopian calendar	418–419
Hebrew calendar	4186–4187
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	482–483
- Shaka Samvat	347–348
- Kali Yuga	3526–3527
Holocene calendar	10426
Iranian calendar	196 BP – 195 BP
Islamic calendar	202 BH – 201 BH
Javanese calendar	310–311
Julian calendar	426 CDXXVI
Korean calendar	2759
Minguo calendar	1486 before ROC 民前1486年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1042
Seleucid era	737/738 AG
Thai solar calendar	968–969
Tibetan calendar	阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 552 or 171 or −601     — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 553 or 172 or −600

Statue of Zeus, by Heemskerck (1572)

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Theodosius II gives orders to destroy the buildings and pagan temples at Olympia (Greece). The statue of Zeus is brought to Constantinople.

Europe

• Flavius Aetius, Roman general (magister militum), starts a 10-year campaign against the Visigoths in southern Gaul.
• King Gunderic of the Vandals accepts the request of the Alans in Hispania to become their ruler (approximate date).

Mesoamerica

• K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' becomes the founder of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization at Copán (modern Honduras).

Religion

• Augustine of Hippo publishes the De Civitate Dei, City of God.
• Sisinnius becomes Archbishop of Constantinople.

Births

• Liu Shao, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (d. 453)

Deaths

• Fu Liang, official of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 374)
• Xie Hui, general of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 390)
• Xu Xianzhi, official of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 364)
• Zhang, empress dowager of the Liu Song Dynasty

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