Editing 477 (section)

=== By place ===

==== Africa ====
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Genseric]], ruler of the [[Vandal Kingdom]], dies a natural death at [[Carthage]], and is succeeded by his eldest son [[Huneric]]. He maintains control over the islands in the western [[Mediterranean Sea]] with his [[Vandals|Vandal]] fleet, and rescinds his father's policy of persecuting the Roman [[Catholicism|Catholics]] in [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]].

* The independent [[Mauro-Roman Kingdom]] (Kingdom of the Moors and Romans) is formed by Christian Berbers in the Roman province of [[Mauretania Caesariensis]] (present-day northern [[Algeria]]), bordering the Vandal Kingdom to the east.

==== Europe ====
* [[Aelle of Sussex|Aelle]], first king of the [[Kingdom of Sussex|South Saxons]], lands on the [[Sussex]] coast of [[England]] with his three sons near [[Cymenshore]], according to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Florence of Worcester|author-link=Florence of Worcester|title=The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, with a Continuation and Appendix|date=1853|publisher=Seeleys|page=172| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gBM5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA172|language=en}}</ref> The [[Britons (historical)|Britons]] engage him upon landing, but his superior force [[Siege|besiege]]s them at [[Pevensey]] and drives them into the [[Weald]]. Over the next nine years, [[Saxon Shore|Saxon]] coastal holdings are gradually expanded.

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Armatus]], Byzantine military commander (''[[magister militum]]''), is killed by order of emperor [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]], being murdered by his own friend [[Onoulphus]] after supporting the rebellion of his uncle [[Basiliscus]] in [[475]].

==== China ====
* Liu Zhun, age 10, becomes [[Emperor Shun of Song|Emperor Shun]] of the [[Liu Song dynasty]] after his brother [[Latter Deposed Emperor of Liu Song|Houfei]] is [[Assassination|assassinated]] by general [[Emperor Gao of Southern Qi|Xiao Daocheng]]. He installs Shun as [[puppet ruler]] and sets himself up as [[regent]]. Xiao receives near-imperial powers, establishes [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhism]] as the [[state religion]] and sets up the "Three Leaders" system, under which native [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]], village and district officers are responsible for [[tax]]ation and [[conscription]].
* [[Shaolin Monastery]] is founded (according to the ''Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks'' ([[645]]) by [[Daoxuan]]; the monastery is built on the north side of [[Shaoshi Mountain]], the western peak of [[Mount Song]], one of the four [[Sacred Mountains of China]], by emperor [[Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei China|Xiao Wen Di]] of the [[Northern Wei dynasty]] in 477. [[Yang Xuanzhi]], in the ''Record of the Buddhist Monasteries of Luoyang'' ([[547]]), and Li Xian, in the ''Ming Yitongzh''i ([[1461]]), concur with Daoxuan's location and attribution. For alternate founding date, see [[495]] or [[497]]).
* Earliest date for the oldest known painted depiction of a [[horse collar]], on a cave [[mural]] of [[Dunhuang]], during the Northern Wei dynasty.

==== Asia ====
* [[Samgeun of Baekje|Samgeun]] becomes king of the Korean kingdom of [[Baekje]].<ref name=met>{{cite web |title=List of Rulers of Korea |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref></onlyinclude>