447

Years: 443 444 445 446 - 447 - 448 449 450 451
Decades: 410s 420s 430s - 440s - 450s 460s 470s
Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century

Events

filioque clause is added to the Nicene Creed
Merovech becomes king of the Franks
Attila the Hun defeats the Eastern Romans in an indecisive battle. The Huns invade the Balkans as far as Thermopylae.
Sofia destroyed by the Huns
Flavian becomes bishop of Constantinople.
The first English kingdom in Britain is created when Vortigern grants Thanet in Kent to the Saxon leader Hengist.
Earthquakes level most of the walls of Constantinople, which are rebuilt within sixty days.

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