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Roman Empire

• January 19 — Theodosius I
  Theodosius I
  
  Flavius Theodosius , also called Theodosius I and Theodosius the Great , was Roman Emperor from 379 to 395. Reuniting the eastern and western portions of the empire, Theodosius was the last emperor of both the Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire....
   is elevated as Roman Emperor at Sirmium
  Sirmium
  
  Sirmium was an ancient city in Roman Pannonia. Sirmium originally was an Illyrians town conquered by the Ancient Rome in the 1st century BC. It was a very important town in the later Roman Empire, being the economic capital of Roman Pannonia and one of the four capital cities of the Roman Empire....
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• Gratianus refuses the title of Eastern Emperor.
• The Celtic village of Cularo is renamed Gratianopolis
  Gratianopolis
  
  Gratianopolis was a titular see in Mauretania Caesariensis, Africa. This city does not figure in a list of the bishoprics of the province preserved in a document of the sixth and seventh centuries, unless it be disguised under the native name ....
   (later Grenoble
  Grenoble
  
  Grenoble is a city in southeastern France situated at the foot of the Alps where the Drac River joins the Is?re River.Located in the Rh?ne-Alpes regions of France, Grenoble is the capital of the Departments of France of Is?re....
  ).
• Gratian renounces the title pontifex maximus
  Pontifex Maximus
  
  The Pontifex Maximus was the high priest of the Ancient Rome College of Pontiffs. This was the most important position in the Ancient Roman religion, open only to patricians until 254 BC, when a plebeian first occupied this post....
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Europe

• Niall
  Niall
  
  Niall is a male given name of Gaels origin, derived from the Irish Niachas meaning "chivalry" or championNiall may also refer to:*Niall of the Nine Hostages, High King of Ireland who lived in the early-to-mid 5th century AD...
   becomes King of Ireland.

Asia

• Ardeshir II becomes King of Persia.
• The War of the Feishui is fought in China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
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The Americas

• September 13 — Yax Nuun Ayiin (I) becomes ruler of Tikal
  Tikal
  
  Tikal is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Pet?n Basin in what is now modern-day northern Guatemala....
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Religion

• Gregory Nazianzus becomes Patriarch of Constantinople
  Patriarch of Constantinople
  
  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is the Archbishop of Constantinople ? New Rome ? ranking as primus inter pares in the Eastern Orthodox Church organization, which is seen by followers as the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church....
  , and is wounded when he is attacked by a mob of heretics.
• John Chrysostom
  John Chrysostom
  
  'Saint John Chrysostom' , archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in Sermon and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the Divine Liturgy of St....
   writes a book on the Christian
  Christian
  
  A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
   education of children.

Births

• Gunderic
  Gunderic
  
  Gunderic , King of the Vandals and Alans led the Vandals, a Germanic tribes tribe originally residing near the Oder River, to take part in the barbarian invasions of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century....
  , king of the Vandals
  Vandals
  
  The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century. The Goths Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths and regent of the Visigoths, was allied by marriage with the Vandals as well as with the Burgundians and the Franks under Clovis I....
  
• Wang Hong
  Wang Hong
  
  Wang Hong , courtesy name Xiuyuan , formally Duke Wenzhao of Huarong , was a high level official of the History of China dynasty Liu Song....
  

Deaths

• January 1 — Basil of Caesarea
  Basil of Caesarea
  
  Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great, was the bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor . He was an influential 4th century Christian theologian and monastic....
  , bishop
• Wang Xizhi
  Wang Xizhi
  
  Wang Xizhi was a Chinese calligrapher, traditionally referred to as the Sage of Calligraphy .Born in Linyi, he spent most of his life in the present-day Shaoxing....
   (Wang Hsi-chih) famous Chinese calligrapher
• Shapur II, Persian King
• Saint Macrina the Younger
  Saint Macrina the Younger
  
  Saint Macrina the Younger was born at Caesarea Mazaca, Cappadocia. Her parents were Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea, and her grandmother was Saint Macrina the Elder....