440

Years: 436 437 438 439 - 440 - 441 442 443 444
Decades: 410s 420s 430s - 440s - 450s 460s 470s
Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century

Events

September 29 - Leo succeeds Sixtus as Pope.
Northern China is unified by the Wei Dynasty.
Geiseric, king of the Vandals, captures Sicily.
The Hepthalites, who will later be known as the Avars move south from the Altai region into Transoxiana, Bactria, Khurasan and eastern Persia.

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