Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century
Decades: 430s 440s 450s 460s 470s - 480s - 490s 500s 510s 520s 530s
Years: 479 480 481 482 483 - 484 - 485 486 487 488 489
Events:
- December 28 - Alaric II succeeds Euric as king of the Visigoths
- Pope Felix III excommunicates Peter Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, causing a schism between eastern and western Christianity that lasted 35 years (the Acacian schism)
Deaths
- December 23 - Huneric, king of Vandals
- Euric, king of the Visigoths
- Aelia Verina, wife of emperor Leo I\n