459

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century 5th century 6th century
Decades:	430s 440s 450s 460s 470s
Years:	456 457 458 459 460 461 462

459 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	459 CDLIX
Ab urbe condita	1212
Assyrian calendar	5209
Balinese saka calendar	380–381
Bengali calendar	−134
Berber calendar	1409
Buddhist calendar	1003
Burmese calendar	−179
Byzantine calendar	5967–5968
Chinese calendar	戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3156 or 2949     — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3157 or 2950
Coptic calendar	175–176
Discordian calendar	1625
Ethiopian calendar	451–452
Hebrew calendar	4219–4220
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	515–516
- Shaka Samvat	380–381
- Kali Yuga	3559–3560
Holocene calendar	10459
Iranian calendar	163 BP – 162 BP
Islamic calendar	168 BH – 167 BH
Javanese calendar	344–345
Julian calendar	459 CDLIX
Korean calendar	2792
Minguo calendar	1453 before ROC 民前1453年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1009
Seleucid era	770/771 AG
Thai solar calendar	1001–1002
Tibetan calendar	阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 585 or 204 or −568     — to — 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 586 or 205 or −567

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 in the Roman Empire 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, the future Theodoric the Great, 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 becomes a military power and gets involved in Roman politics.
• Remigius, age 22, is elected bishop of Reims (approximate date).

Asia

• King Dhatusena of Anuradhapura of the Moriyan dynasty rules over Sri Lanka. During his reign the Avukana Buddha statue is built.

Other events

• Total lunar eclipse on May 3, in which totality was for 106 minutes and 32 seconds. A totality of this length will not occur until August 19, 4763.

Births

• November 15 – Bʼutz Aj Sak Chiik, king of Palenque (Mexico).

Deaths

• September 2 – Simeon Stylites, Christian pillar-saint.
• Hormizd III, king of the Sasanian Empire (approximate date)
• Vortigern, king of the Britons (approximate date)