Events noted in 0400

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Born: Æschylus one of the most eminent tragic poets of ancient times

Publication: “AntiMorus,” by Brixius, Germain a learned Frenchman

Publication: “A Picture of Human Life,” by Cebes the author of a well-known and beautiful allegory in Greek

Born: Eudocia a Roman empress

Publication: “Dictionnaire Historique” by Solander, Daniel Charles naturalist

401

Born: Hilarius saint

403

Died: Epiphanius writer

404

Died: Flavian patriarch of Antioch

406

Died: Jovinian a supposed heretic of the fourth century

407

Died: Chrysostom, John one of the most learned and eloquent of the fathers

408

Born: Lycurgus orator

410

Publication: “A Vindication of the New Calendar Tables, and Rules annexed to the Act for regulating the commencement of the year,” by Daval, Peter esq. of the Middle Temple

Born: Proclus philosopher

Died: Ruffinus a very celebrated priest of Aquileia

413

Born: Diogenes philosopher

Publication: “Art of Logic and Rhetoric,” by Eusden, Lawrence poet (16881730)

416

Publication: “Batesii Vitae,” by Bodley, Sir Thomas that illustrious benefactor to literature

417

Publication: “Est opus botanicum quo absolutius mundus non vidit,” by Dillenius, John James botanist

Died: Exuperius bishop

418

Born: Isæus orator

420

Born: Alcidamas a rhetorician

Publication: “Flatterers,” by Eupolis poet

422

Died: Jerom a very celebrated father of the church

423

Born: Antisthenes philosopher

424

Publication: “Liber Niger Scaccarii,” by Botoner, William writer

430

Born: Sidonius, Caius Sollius Apollinaris Modestus a learned ecclesiastic of the fifth century

431

Publication: “Six Books of Ecclesiastical History,” by Evagrius Scholasticus historian

432

Died: Acacius bishop

436

Born: Isocrates orator

440

Died: Isidore, Saint sumamed Pelusiota or Damietta

444

Died: Cyril of Alexandria

448

Died: Cassian, St. John was a celebrated solitary

449

Publication: “Gentleman’s Magazine for 1772,” by Highmore, Joseph painter

Publication: “the band of Ephesian robbers,” by Leo I., St. surnamed The Great

450

Born: Alcibiades a celebrated Athenian

451

Died: Mercator, Marius a celebrated ecclesiastical author of the fifth century

Died: Peter Chrysologus, St. prelate

454

Died: Eucherius archbishop

455

Born: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus philosopher (480524)

457

Died: Theodoret writer

458

Publication: “Codex encyclicus,” by Epiphanius named the Scholastic

459

Born: Lysias orator

460

Died: Eudocia a Roman empress

Born: Hippocrates usually called the father of physic

463

Died: Prosper, St. of Aquitaine

468

Born: Andocides orator

Died: Benignus, St. archbishop

469

Born: Socrates the most celebrated of the ancient philosophers

Born: Thucydides historian

471

Died: Gennadius patriarch of Constantinople

480

Died: Agatharcus painter

Born: Benedict, St. the founder of the order of the Benedictin monks (?–543)

Born: Euripides poet

482

Publication: “Origin of Arianism disclosed,” by Chillingworth, William divine

484

Born: Herodotus historian

485

Died: Proclus philosopher

486

Publication: “An Account of the poisonous root lately found mixed with Gentian,” by Brocklesby, Richard physician

487

Died: Sidonius, Caius Sollius Apollinaris Modestus a learned ecclesiastic of the fifth century

490

Born: Arator the secretary and intendant of finances to Athaiaric

492

Publication: “I conceive,” by Darwin, Erasmus physician

Died: Gennadius writer

496

Born: Hellanicus of Mitylene