| Year | Event |
| 405 | Latin translation of the Bible by St. Jerome (Vulgate) |
| 410 | Visigoths sack Rome |
| 432 | St. Patrick begins mission to Ireland |
| 438 | Theodosian Code of Roman Law |
| 449 | Angles, Saxons, and Jutes invade Britain |
| 455 | Vandals sack Rome |
| 476 | Last Western Roman emperor deposed |
| 480 | End of Gupta Empire in Northern India |
| 481 | Accession of Clovis I, founder of the Frankish kingdom |
D. Crystal, The Cambridge Factfinder (Cambridge University Press, 1998)