| Centuries: | 4th century · 5th century · 6th century |
| Decades: | 440s 450s 460s 470s 480s 490s 500s |
| Years: | 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 |
| 478 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 478 CDLXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1231 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1366 – -1365 |
| Bengali calendar | -115 |
| Berber calendar | 1428 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1022 |
| Burmese calendar | -160 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5986 – 5987 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年十二月十二日 (3114/3174-12-12) — to —
戊午年十一月廿二日(3115/3175-11-22) |
| Coptic calendar | 194 – 195 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 470 – 471 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4238 – 4239 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 534 – 535 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 400 – 401 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3579 – 3580 |
| Holocene calendar | 10478 |
| Iranian calendar | 144 BP – 143 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 148 BH – 147 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2811 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1021 |