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Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 4th century 5th century 6th century Decades 430s 440s 450s 460s 470s Years 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 v t e

459 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Disestablishments v t e

459 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 459 CDLIX Ab urbe condita 1212 Assyrian calendar 5209 Balinese saka calendar 380–381 Bengali calendar −135 – −134 Berber calendar 1409 Buddhist calendar 1003 Burmese calendar −179 Byzantine calendar 5967–5968 Chinese calendar 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3156 or 2949 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3157 or 2950 Coptic calendar 175–176 Discordian calendar 1625 Ethiopian calendar 451–452 Hebrew calendar 4219–4220 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 515–516 - Shaka Samvat 380–381 - Kali Yuga 3559–3560 Holocene calendar 10459 Iranian calendar 163 BP – 162 BP Islamic calendar 168 BH – 167 BH Javanese calendar 344–345 Julian calendar 459 CDLIX Korean calendar 2792 Minguo calendar 1453 before ROC 民前1453年 Nanakshahi calendar −1009 Seleucid era 770/771 AG Thai solar calendar 1001–1002 Tibetan calendar ས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dog) 585 or 204 or −568 — to — ས་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Earth-Boar) 586 or 205 or −567

The [Avukana Buddha Statue](/source/Avukana_Buddha_Statue) ([Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka))

Year **459** (**[CDLIX](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Thursday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Thursday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the **Year of the Consulship of [Ricimer](/source/Ricimer) and [Patricius](/source/Patricius_(Caesar))** (or, less frequently, **year 1212 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 459 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Roman Empire

- Emperor [Leo I](/source/Leo_I_(emperor)) signs a [peace treaty](/source/Peace_treaty) with the [Ostrogoths](/source/Ostrogoths). King [Theodemir](/source/Theodemir_(Ostrogothic_king)) sends his son, the future [Theodoric the Great](/source/Theodoric_the_Great), age 5, as a child hostage to [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople). He learns at court about [Latin](/source/Latin), [military tactics](/source/Military_tactics) and religion (until [469](/source/469)).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

#### Britannia

- King [Vortigern](/source/Vortigern) is burnt to death, while being [besieged](/source/Siege) by a [Romano-British](/source/Romano-British_culture) force under [Ambrosius Aurelianus](/source/Ambrosius_Aurelianus) at [Ganarew](/source/Ganarew) ([Herefordshire](/source/Herefordshire)).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

#### Europe

- The [Franks](/source/Franks) conquer the city of [Trier](/source/Trier). The [Frankish Kingdom](/source/Francia) becomes a military power and gets involved in [Roman](/source/Roman_Empire) politics.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

- [Remigius](/source/Saint_Remigius), age 22, is elected [bishop of Reims](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Reims) (approximate date).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

#### Asia

- King [Dhatusena of Anuradhapura](/source/Dhatusena_of_Anuradhapura) of the [Moriyan dynasty](/source/Moriyan_dynasty) rules over [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka). During his reign the [Avukana Buddha statue](/source/Avukana_Buddha_statue) is built.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

### Other events

• Total lunar eclipse on May 3, in which totality was for 106 minutes and 32 seconds. A totality of this length will not occur until August 19, 4763.[1]

## Births

- [November 15](/source/November_15) – [Bʼutz Aj Sak Chiik](/source/B%CA%BCutz_Aj_Sak_Chiik), king of [Palenque](/source/Palenque) (Mexico).[2]

## Deaths

- [September 2](/source/September_2) – [Simeon Stylites](/source/Simeon_Stylites), Christian [pillar-saint](/source/Stylite).[3]

- [Hormizd III](/source/Hormizd_III), king of the [Sasanian Empire](/source/Sasanian_Empire) (approximate date)

- [Vortigern](/source/Vortigern), king of the [Britons](/source/Celtic_Britons) (approximate date)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["EclipseWise - Six Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses"](https://eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEcatalog/LEcatalog.html). *eclipsewise.com*. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Skidmore, Joel (2010). [*The Rulers of Palenque*](http://www.mesoweb.com/palenque/resources/rulers/PalenqueRulers-05.pdf) (PDF) (Fifth ed.). Mesoweb Publications. p. 18. Retrieved February 19, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hill, Jonathan (2010). *Dictionary of Theologians: To 1308*. Cambridge: James Clarke & Co. p. 514. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-22717-906-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-22717-906-2).

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