441

This article is about the year 441. For the number, see 441 (number). For other uses, see 441 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century – 5th century – 6th century
Decades:	410s  420s  430s  – 440s –  450s  460s  470s
Years:	438 439 440 – 441 – 442 443 444

441 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

441 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	441 CDXLI
Ab urbe condita	1194
Assyrian calendar	5191
Bengali calendar	−152
Berber calendar	1391
Buddhist calendar	985
Burmese calendar	−197
Byzantine calendar	5949–5950
Chinese calendar	庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3137 or 3077     — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3138 or 3078
Coptic calendar	157–158
Discordian calendar	1607
Ethiopian calendar	433–434
Hebrew calendar	4201–4202
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	497–498
- Shaka Samvat	363–364
- Kali Yuga	3542–3543
Holocene calendar	10441
Iranian calendar	181 BP – 180 BP
Islamic calendar	187 BH – 186 BH
Julian calendar	441 CDXLI
Korean calendar	2774
Minguo calendar	1471 before ROC 民前1471年
Seleucid era	752/753 AG
Thai solar calendar	983–984

King Yazdegerd II (438–457)

Year 441 (CDXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Seleucus without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1194 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 441 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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Chrysaphius, chief minister, persuades emperor Theodosius II at Constantinople to dismiss his sister Pulcheria for her policy to exile the Jews and destroy their synagogues.
• Theodosius II sends the Eastern imperial fleet under the command of the Romano-Goth Areobindus into Sicilian waters, taking the Vandals by surprise.
• Pulcheria leaves for the seaport Hebdomon (Turkey) and becomes a nun to support Nestorianism in the Holy Land (Palestine).

Europe

• German Saxons establish themselves at the mouth of the Thames River. After a period of peace, Vortimer (son of king Vortigern), defeat the Saxons in four battles in Kent (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).
• King Hermeric dies after a two-year illness, he is succeeded by his son Rechila who becomes sole ruler over the Suebic Kingdom of Galicia.
• Rechila invades Baetica and conquers the capital Seville. The Romans are driven from the Iberian Peninsula with exception of the Levante.
• November 8 – The first Council of Orange is convened under the guidance of Hilary of Arles in Orange (France).

Balkans

• The Huns, led by Attila, attack Constanţa (modern Romania), one of the few remaining Roman forts on the northern bank of the Danube and designated as a secure trading post. On a crowded market day, the Huns take the town by surprise and slaughter the garrison.

Persia

• King Yazdegerd II of Persia signs after a short war a peace treaty with the Eastern Roman Empire. Theodosius II sends his commander, Anatolius, to conclude his terms and promise not to build any new fortifications along the border territories.

By topic

Religion

• Domnus II succeeds his uncle John as Patriarch of Antioch.

Births

• Shen Yue, Chinese historian and statesman (d. 513)

Deaths

• Hermeric, king of the Suebi
• John, Patriarch of Antioch