Decades: 420s 430s 440s 450s 460s - 470s - 480s 490s 500s 510s 520s

Years: 471 472 473 474 475 - 476 - 477 478 479 480 481

• September 4 - Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy.
• The usurper Basiliscus is deposed and Zeno is restored as Byzantine emperor.
• Peter the Fuller is restored as Patriarch of Antioch.

• Aryabhata, Indian astronomer