416

This article is about the year 416. For other uses, see 416 (disambiguation).

Year 416 (CDXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Theodosius and Palladius (or, less frequently, year 1169 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 416 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century 5th century 6th century
Decades:	390s 400s 410s 420s 430s
Years:	413 414 415 416 417 418 419

416 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	416 CDXVI
Ab urbe condita	1169
Assyrian calendar	5166
Balinese saka calendar	337–338
Bengali calendar	−177
Berber calendar	1366
Buddhist calendar	960
Burmese calendar	−222
Byzantine calendar	5924–5925
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3113 or 2906     — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3114 or 2907
Coptic calendar	132–133
Discordian calendar	1582
Ethiopian calendar	408–409
Hebrew calendar	4176–4177
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	472–473
- Shaka Samvat	337–338
- Kali Yuga	3516–3517
Holocene calendar	10416
Iranian calendar	206 BP – 205 BP
Islamic calendar	212 BH – 211 BH
Javanese calendar	300–301
Julian calendar	416 CDXVI
Korean calendar	2749
Minguo calendar	1496 before ROC 民前1496年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1052
Seleucid era	727/728 AG
Thai solar calendar	958–959
Tibetan calendar	阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 542 or 161 or −611     — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 543 or 162 or −610

Huiyuan (Buddhist)

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Priscus Attalus, Roman usurper, is forced to participate in a triumph celebrated by Emperor Honorius, in the streets of Rome. After the festivities, he is exiled to the Lipari Islands (north of Sicily).

Europe

• The Visigoths continue their invasion of Hispania, and take control of Tarraconensis. King Wallia occupies the gold mines at Las Médulas, and forces Jewish citizens to convert to Christianity.

Asia

• Reports of the eruption of Krakatoa are recorded in a Javanese historical chronicle called the Book of Kings.

By topic

Arts and Sciences

• Rutilius Claudius Namatianus begins his journey home from Rome to Gaul. This becomes the subject of his unfinished poem, De Reditu Suo.

Deaths

• Huiyuan, Buddhist teacher and founder of the Donglin Temple (b. 334)
• Lü Long, last emperor of the Chinese Di state Later Liang
• Yao Xing, emperor of the Qiang state Later Qin (b. 366)