Years: 479 480 481 482 - 483 - 484 485 486 487

Decades: 450s 460s 470s - 480s - 490s 500s 510s

Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century

Events

• March 13 - Pope Felix III succeeds Pope Simplicius
• The general Illus and Verina, mother-in-law of Byzantine emperor Zeno I, attempt to overthrow Zeno and place a general named Leontius on the throne.

Births

• May 11 - Petrus Sabbatius, the later Emperor Justinian I of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Deaths