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Western Roman Empire

• September 4 — Romulus Augustus, the last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
  Western Roman Empire
  
  The Western Roman Empire refers to the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 285; the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire, today widely known as the Byzantine Empire....
  , is deposed by Odoacer
  Odoacer
  
  Odoacer , also known as Odovacar , was a Germanic general and the first non-Roman King of Italy after 476. He deposed the last Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus, that year, but continued to rule first as a nominal client of Julius Nepos and, after Nepos' death in AD 480, as a client of the Eastern Roman Emperor....
  . This event is traditionally regarded as the date of the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  an Dark Ages
  Dark Ages
  
  Dark Age or Dark Ages is a term in historiography referring to a period of cultural decline or societal collapse that took place in Western Europe between the Decline of the Roman Empire and the eventual recovery of learning....
  .

Eastern Roman Empire

• August — The usurper Basiliscus
  Basiliscus
  
  Flavius Basiliscus was an Eastern Roman Emperor of the House of Leo, who ruled briefly , when Emperor Zeno had been forced out of Constantinople by a revolt....
   is deposed and Zeno
  Zeno (emperor)
  
  Flavius Zeno Perpetuus, original name Tarasicodissa or Trascalissaeus, Eastern Roman Empire was one of the more prominent of the early Byzantine Emperors....
   is restored as Eastern Roman Emperor.

Asia

• The birth of Aryabhata
  Aryabhata
  
  Aryabhaa is the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His most famous works are the Aryabhatiya and Arya-Siddhanta....
   is traditionally regarded as the beginning of the classical period of Indian mathematics
  Indian mathematics
  
  Indian mathematics—which here is the mathematics that emerged in South Asia from ancient times until the end of the 18th century—had its beginnings in the Bronze Age Indus Valley civilization and the Iron Age Vedic culture ....
   and Indian astronomy.

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Religion

• Peter the Fuller
  Peter the Fuller
  
  Peter Fullo was Patriarch of Antioch and Miaphysite.Peter received his surname from his former trade as a fuller of cloth. Louis-S?bastien Le Nain de Tillemont considers that Peter was originally a member of the convent of the Akoimetoi, which he places in Bithynia on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, at Gomon, "The Great Monastery" and...
   is restored as Patriarch of Antioch
  Patriarch of Antioch
  
  Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title carried by the Bishop of Antioch. As the traditional "overseer" of the first gentile Christian community, the position has been of prime importance in the church from its Early Christianity....
  .

Births

• Aryabhata
  Aryabhata
  
  Aryabhaa is the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His most famous works are the Aryabhatiya and Arya-Siddhanta....
  , Indian
  History of India
  
  The known history of India begins with the Indus Valley Civilization, which spread and flourished in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent, from c....
   mathematician
  Indian mathematics
  
  Indian mathematics—which here is the mathematics that emerged in South Asia from ancient times until the end of the 18th century—had its beginnings in the Bronze Age Indus Valley civilization and the Iron Age Vedic culture ....
   and astronomer

Deaths

• August 28 — Flavius Orestes, master of soldiers
  Magister militum
  
  Magister militum was a top-level military command used in the later Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine I . Used alone, the term referred to the senior military officer of the Empire....
   of the Western Roman Empire
  Western Roman Empire
  
  The Western Roman Empire refers to the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 285; the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire, today widely known as the Byzantine Empire....
  
• Emperor Xianwen of Northern Wei
  Emperor Xianwen of Northern Wei
  
  Emperor Xianwen of Northern Wei , personal name Tuoba Hong, was an emperor of the History of China/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. He was the first emperor in Chinese history who, after retiring in favor of his son Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei to become Taishang Huang in 471, continued to hold onto power until his death in 476 -...