AD 420
Year 420 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Theodosius and Constantius. The denomination 420 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.Events
By place
Europe
Births
- Anthemius, emperor of the Western Roman Empire
- Ecdicius, Roman general
- Glycerius, emperor of the Western Roman Empire
- Libius Severus, emperor of the Western Roman Empire
- Majorian, emperor of the Western Roman Empire
- Palladius, caesar and son of Petronius Maximus
- Valamir, king of the Ostrogoths
- Yuan Can, high official of the Liu Song Dynasty
Deaths
- January 21 - Yazdegerd I, king of the Sassanid Empire
- February 26 - Saint Porphyry, bishop of Gaza
- September 30 - Saint Jerome, priest and translator of the Bible
- Saint Abdas, bishop of Susa
- Li Xin, duke of the Chinese state Western Liang
- Orosius, Christian historian and theologian
- Pelagius, British monk
- Yao, empress consort and wife of Mingyuan
