Directory

488 CE

Ninken, adopted heir of Seinei, succeeds his brother Kenzō and becomes new emperor of Japan. Zeno orders Theodoric the Great to overthrow his rival Odoacer, who has established himself as king of Italy (see 476). He marches with an Ostrogoth army to the West. Kavadh I is crowned by the nobles, and succeeds his blind uncle Balash as the 19th king of Persia.

Conflict & Security

  • Ninken, adopted heir of Seinei, succeeds his brother Kenzō and becomes new emperor of Japan.source
  • Zeno orders Theodoric the Great to overthrow his rival Odoacer, who has established himself as king of Italy (see 476). He marches with an Ostrogoth army to the West.source
  • Emperor Zeno regains power from the usurper Leontius and the Isaurian patrician Illus, who are captured and executed, ending a 4-year rebellion (see 484).source

Religion & Belief

  • Fravitta becomes patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • Peter the Fuller is succeeded by Palladius as patriarch of Antioch.source

Culture & Society

  • Kavadh I is crowned by the nobles, and succeeds his blind uncle Balash as the 19th king of Persia.source

Births

  • Yu, empress of Northern Wei (d. 507)source
  • Senán mac Geirrcinn, Irish saintsource
  • He Di, emperor of Southern Qi (d. 502)source

Deaths

  • Peter the Fuller, patriarch of Antiochsource
  • According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Hengist dies and is succeeded by his son Oisc as king of Kent.source
  • Balash, king of the Persian Empiresource