440
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- This article is about the year 440. For other uses, see 440 (number).
| Centuries: | 4th century · 5th century · 6th century |
| Decades: | 410s 420s 430s 440s 450s 460s 470s |
| Years: | 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 |
| 440 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 440 CDXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1193 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Chinese calendar | 3136 – 3137 己卯 – 庚辰 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 432 – 433 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4200 – 4201 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 495 – 496 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 362 – 363 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3541 – 3542 |
| Iranian calendar | 182 BP – 181 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 188 BH – 187 BH |
Events
By Place
Western Roman Empire
Asia
- Northern China is unified by the Northern Wei.
- The Hepthalites, who will later be known as the Avars move south from the region of Altay Mountains into Transoxiana, Bactria, Khurasan and eastern Persia.
By Topic
Religion
- September 29 - Pope Leo I succeeds Pope Sixtus III as the 45th pope.
Births
- Bodhidharma, semi-legendary Buddhist monk
Deaths
- February 17 - Saint Mesrob, Armenian monk
- August 18 - Pope Sixtus III
- Paulinus, the master of the offices in Constantinople, executed.