459
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 4th century – 5th century – 6th century |
| Decades: | 420s 430s 440s – 450s – 460s 470s 480s |
| Years: | 456 457 458 – 459 – 460 461 462 |
| 459 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 459 CDLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1212 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5209 |
| Bengali calendar | −134 |
| Berber calendar | 1409 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1003 |
| Burmese calendar | −179 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5967–5968 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3155 or 3095 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3156 or 3096 |
| Coptic calendar | 175–176 |
| Discordian calendar | 1625 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 451–452 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4219–4220 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 515–516 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 381–382 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3560–3561 |
| Holocene calendar | 10459 |
| Iranian calendar | 163 BP – 162 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 168 BH – 167 BH |
| Julian calendar | 459 CDLIX |
| Korean calendar | 2792 |
| Minguo calendar | 1453 before ROC 民前1453年 |
| Seleucid era | 770/771 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1001–1002 |
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The Avukana Buddha Statue (Sri Lanka)
Year 459 (CDLIX) was a common 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 Ricimer and Patricius (or, less frequently, year 1212 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 459 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.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Leo I signs a peace treaty with the Ostrogoths. King Theodemir sends his son Theodoric, age 5, as a child hostage to Constantinople. He learns at court about Latin, military tactics and religion (until 469).
Britannia
- King Vortigern is burnt to death while being besieged by a Romano-British force under Ambrosius Aurelianus at Ganarew (Herefordshire).
Europe
- The Franks conquer the city of Trier. The Frankish Kingdom become a military power and get involved in Roman politics.
- Remigius, age 22, is elected bishop of Reims (approximate date).
Asia
- King Dhatusena of the Moriyan Dynasty rules over Sri Lanka. During his reign the Avukana Buddha Statue is built.
Births
- November 15 – B'utz Aj Sak Chiik, king of Palenque (Mexico)
Deaths
- Hormizd III, king of the Persian Empire (approximate date)
- September 2 – Simeon Stylites, Christian pillar-saint
- Vortigern, king of the Britons (approximate date)