432
432
Calendar year
Year 432 (CDXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aetius and Valerius (or, less frequently, year 1185 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 432 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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Quick Facts
| Gregorian calendar | 432 CDXXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1185 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5182 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 353–354 |
| Bengali calendar | −161 |
| Berber calendar | 1382 |
| Buddhist calendar | 976 |
| Burmese calendar | −206 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5940–5941 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 3129 or 2922 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3130 or 2923 |
| Coptic calendar | 148–149 |
| Discordian calendar | 1598 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 424–425 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4192–4193 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 488–489 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 353–354 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3532–3533 |
| Holocene calendar | 10432 |
| Iranian calendar | 190 BP – 189 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 196 BH – 195 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 316–317 |
| Julian calendar | 432 CDXXXII |
| Korean calendar | 2765 |
| Minguo calendar | 1480 before ROC 民前1480年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1036 |
| Seleucid era | 743/744 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 974–975 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 558 or 177 or −595 — to — 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 559 or 178 or −594 |
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Roman Empire
- Roman civil war: Roman forces under command of Flavius Aetius are defeated near Rimini (Italy) in battle. His rival comes Bonifacius is mortally wounded and dies several days later. Aetius flees to Dalmatia and seeks refuge with the Huns.[citation needed]
- Sebastianus, son-in-law of Bonifacius, becomes supreme commander (magister militum) of the Western Roman army. Empress Galla Placidia gives him considerable influence over imperial policy.[citation needed]
Europa
- The Huns are united by King Rugila (also called Rua) on the Hungarian Plain. He exacts annual peace payments from the Eastern Roman Empire.[citation needed]
By topic
Art
- The Basilica of Saint Sabina at the Aventine (Rome) is finished by Priest Petrus of Illyria.[1]
- Assembly begins on The Parting of Lot and Abraham, a mosaic in the nave arcade of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.[citation needed]
Religion
- July 27 – Pope Celestine I dies after a 10-year reign in which he led a vigorous policy against Nestorianism. He is succeeded by Sixtus III as the 44th pope.[2]
- Saint Patrick, Roman Britain-born missionary, is consecrated a bishop and converts the Irish to Christianity until his death around 460.[citation needed]
- December 25 – Christmas is celebrated for the first time in Alexandria (approximate date).[3]
- July 27 – Pope Celestine I.[5]
- Anicia Faltonia Proba, Roman noblewoman
- Bonifacius, Roman general and governor in Africa (born 354 BC).[6]
- Helian Ding, emperor of the Chinese Xiongnu state Xia.[7]
- Saint Ninian, missionary in Scotland (approximate date)
- Wang Hong, official of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 379)
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- Roll, Susan K. (1995). Toward the Origins of Christmas. Kampen: Kok Pharos. p. 198. ISBN 978-9-03900-531-6.
- Flanagan, Bernadette; Lanzetta, Beverly (2014). Embracing Solitude: Women and New Monasticism. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books. p. 60. ISBN 9781606083376.
- Venning, Timothy (2011). A Chronology of the Roman Empire. London: Continuum. p. 730. ISBN 978-1-44115-478-1.
- Wijnendaele, Jeroen W. P. (2015). The Last of the Romans: Bonifatius - Warlord and Comes Africae. London: Bloomsbury. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-47429-599-4.
- Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2017). Historical Dictionary of Medieval China. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 243. ISBN 978-1-44227-616-1.