463
year
Year 463 (CDLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Basilius and Vivianus (or, less frequently, year 1216 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 463 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
In the Gothic war against Aegidius, Childeric I, king of the Salian Franks, allies with the Roman general Aegidius. This war is ended by the battle near Orléans, where the Visigoths under King Theodoric II are defeated by the Franks, while crossing the Loire River.
The Suebi live under a diarchy, and fight a civil war over the kingship in Galicia (Northern Spain).
Asia
The Kibi Clan Rebellion against the Yamato state (Japan) in the Korean Peninsula begins.
Births
Houfei Di, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (d.
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