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| 476 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 476 CDLXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1229 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5226 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 397–398 |
| Bengali calendar | −117 |
| Berber calendar | 1426 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1020 |
| Burmese calendar | −162 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5984–5985 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3173 or 2966 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3174 or 2967 |
| Coptic calendar | 192–193 |
| Discordian calendar | 1642 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 468–469 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4236–4237 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 532–533 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 397–398 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3576–3577 |
| Holocene calendar | 10476 |
| Iranian calendar | 146 BP – 145 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 151 BH – 150 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 361–362 |
| Julian calendar | 476 CDLXXVI |
| Korean calendar | 2809 |
| Minguo calendar | 1436 before ROC 民前1436年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −992 |
| Seleucid era | 787/788 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1018–1019 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 602 or 221 or −551 — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 603 or 222 or −550 |
Year 476 (CDLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Basiliscus and Armatus (or, less frequently, year 1229 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 476 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.
Because the fall of the Western Roman Empire occurred in 476, many historians consider it the last year of ancient history and the first year of the Middle Ages in Europe.[1][2]
- ^ Clare, I. S. (1906). Library of universal history: containing a record of the human race from the earliest historical period to the present time; embracing a general survey of the progress of mankind in national and social life, civil government, religion, literature, science and art. New York: Union Book. Page 1519 (cf., Ancient history, as we have already seen, ended with the fall of the Western Roman Empire; [...])
- ^ United Center for Research and Training in History. (1973). Bulgarian historical review. Sofia: Pub. House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences]. Page 43. (cf. ... in the history of Europe, which marks both the end of ancient history and the beginning of the Middle Ages, is the fall of the Western Roman Empire.)