Jan 9 Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople
Jan 12 Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople
Apr 9 Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position
Aug 28 Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna, now seen as the end of the Roman Empire in the West
Gregory I
Gregory XIII
Julius II
Julius III
Leo X
Pius V