461

Year 461 (CDLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severinus and Dagalaiphus (or, less frequently, year 1214 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 461 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:	440s 450s 460s 470s 480s
Years:	458 459 460 461 462 463 464

461 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	461 CDLXI
Ab urbe condita	1214
Assyrian calendar	5211
Balinese saka calendar	382–383
Bengali calendar	−132
Berber calendar	1411
Buddhist calendar	1005
Burmese calendar	−177
Byzantine calendar	5969–5970
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3158 or 2951     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3159 or 2952
Coptic calendar	177–178
Discordian calendar	1627
Ethiopian calendar	453–454
Hebrew calendar	4221–4222
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	517–518
- Shaka Samvat	382–383
- Kali Yuga	3561–3562
Holocene calendar	10461
Iranian calendar	161 BP – 160 BP
Islamic calendar	166 BH – 165 BH
Javanese calendar	346–347
Julian calendar	461 CDLXI
Korean calendar	2794
Minguo calendar	1451 before ROC 民前1451年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1007
Seleucid era	772/773 AG
Thai solar calendar	1003–1004
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 587 or 206 or −566     — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 588 or 207 or −565

Solidus of Emperor Libius Severus

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• August 2 – Majorian is arrested near Tortona (Northern Italy), and deposed by Ricimer (magister militum) as puppet emperor.
• August 7 – Majorian, having been beaten and tortured for five days, is beheaded near the Iria River (Lombardy).
• Olybrius becomes the second candidate for the western throne. He is the husband of Placidia, who is being held in Vandal captivity.
• November 19 – Libius Severus, Roman senator from Lucania, is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
• Vandal War (461-468): King Genseric continues the Vandal raids on the coast of Sicily and Italy. Ricimer sends an embassy to Carthage.

Europe

• The Visigoths under king Theodoric II recapture Septimania (Southern Gaul) after the assassination of Majorian, and invade Hispania again.
• Aegidius becomes ruler over the Domain of Soissons (Gaul). He has friendly relations with the Romano-British (in Brittany).

Anatolia

• 461 Apahunik' earthquake. It affected the province of Apahunik', located to the north of Lake Van, in Anatolia.

By topic

Religion

• November 10 – Pope Leo I dies at Rome, age 61 (approximate), after a 21-year reign in which he has resisted Manichaeism and defended the Church against Nestorianism. He is succeeded by Hilarius as the 46th pope.
• Mamertus is elected bishop of Vienne (Gaul).

Births

• Hilderic, king of the Vandals (approximate date)
• Romulus Augustulus, emperor of the Western Roman Empire

Deaths

• August 7 – Majorian, emperor of the Western Roman Empire
• November 10 – Pope Leo I
• Palladius, first bishop of Ireland (approximate date)

Sources

• Guidoboni, Emanuela; Traina, Giusto (1995), "A new catalogue of earthquakes in the historical Armenian area from antiquity to the 12th century", Annals of Geophysics, 38, doi:10.4401/ag-4134