428

year

Year 428 (CDXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:1st millennium
Centuries:4th century5th century6th century
Decades: 390s  400s  410s  – 420s –  430s  440s  450s
Years:425 426 427 – 428 – 429 430 431
Saint Euthymius the Great

Events

Roman Empire

  • Bonifacius, Roman governor of Africa, asks for help from the Vandals in his revolt.
  • Flavius Felix is elected consul for the Western Empire.

Europe

  • King Gunderic, age 49, dies after a reign of 21 years. He is succeeded by his half-brother Genseric.
  • King Vortigern asks Germanic warriors to help him strengthen his position in Britain. He hires Saxons as mercenaries to fight against the Picts and the Scots beyond Hadrian's Wall.
  • Chlodio, king of the Salian Franks, invades Northern Gaul. He defeats the Roman army at Cambrai. He extends his kingdom south to the River Somme. Tournai (modern Belgium) becomes his residence.

Asia

By topic

Astronomy

Religion

Births

  • Tuoba Huang, prince of the Xianbei state Northern Wei (d. 451)

Deaths

  • Gunderic, king of the Vandals and Alans (b. 379)
  • Qifu Chipan, prince of the Xianbei state Western Qin
  • Theodore of Mopsuestia, bishop and theologian

References

  • Traina, Giusto (2011). 428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-15025-3.