Year 419 ( CDXIX) was a

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of the

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. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of

Monaxius Flavius Monaxius (Greek: Μονάξιος; ''floruit'' 408–420) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, ''praefectus urbi'' of Constantinople, Consul and twice praetorian prefect of the East. Biography From 17 January 408 to 26 April 409 ...

and

Plinta Flavius Plinta ( 418–438) was a Gothic politician and general of the Eastern Roman Empire. He held the title ''comes'', and then became consul and ''magister militum praesentialis''. Biography In 418, as ''comes'', he suppressed a revolt in ...

(or, less frequently, year 1172 ''

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''). The denomination 419 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the

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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* A law is passed, prohibiting the act of instructing barbarians on shipbuilding in the Western and Eastern Roman Empires.

China

* Jin Gongdi, age 33, succeeds his

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brother Jin Andi as emperor of the

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. Andi is

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by orders of the warlord Liu Yu.

Births

July 2 This date marks the halfway point of the year. In common years, the midpoint of the year occurs at noon on this date, while in leap years, it occurs at midnight (start of the day). Events Pre-1600 * 437 – Emperor Valentinian III begin ...

–

Valentinian III Valentinian III (; 2 July 41916 March 455) was Roman emperor in the Western Roman Empire, West from 425 to 455. Starting in childhood, his reign over the Roman Empire was one of the longest, but was dominated by civil wars among powerful general ...

, emperor of the

Western Roman Empire In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the western provinces of the Roman Empire, collectively, during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a separate, independent imperial court. ...

(d.

455 __NOTOC__ Year 455 ( CDLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valentinianus and Anthemius (or, less frequently, year 1208 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomin ...

)

Deaths

* Jin Andi, emperor of the

(b.

382 Year 382 ( CCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Syagrius (or, less frequently, year 1135 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 382 fo ...

)

References

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