| Centuries: | 4th century · 5th century · 6th century |
| Decades: | 450s 460s 470s 480s 490s 500s 510s |
| Years: | 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 |
| 481 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 481 CDLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1234 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1363 – -1362 |
| Bengali calendar | -112 |
| Berber calendar | 1431 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1025 |
| Burmese calendar | -157 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5989 – 5990 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年十一月十五日 (3117/3177-11-15) — to —
辛酉年十一月廿五日(3118/3178-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 197 – 198 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 473 – 474 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4241 – 4242 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 537 – 538 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 403 – 404 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3582 – 3583 |
| Holocene calendar | 10481 |
| Iranian calendar | 141 BP – 140 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 145 BH – 144 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2814 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1024 |