Years: 455 456 457 458 - 459 - 460 461 462 463

Decades: 420s 430s 440s - 450s - 460s 470s 480s

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

Events

• Dathusena becomes king of Sri Lanka
• Arguably the world's first recognizable labor union is formed in Turkey

Births

Deaths

• Simeon Stylites finally dies on top of his tower in Antioch
• Hormizd III, king of Persia