| Centuries: | 4th century · 5th century · 6th century |
| Decades: | 440s 450s 460s 470s 480s 490s 500s |
| Years: | 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 |
| 472 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 472 CDLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1225 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1372 – -1371 |
| Bengali calendar | -121 |
| Berber calendar | 1422 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1016 |
| Burmese calendar | -166 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5980 – 5981 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛亥年十二月初五日 (3108/3168-12-5) — to —
壬子年十一月十六日(3109/3169-11-16) |
| Coptic calendar | 188 – 189 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 464 – 465 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4232 – 4233 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 528 – 529 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 394 – 395 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3573 – 3574 |
| Holocene calendar | 10472 |
| Iranian calendar | 150 BP – 149 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 155 BH – 154 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2805 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1015 |