The eastern hemisphere in 475.

Events

By place

Western Roman Empire

• 28 August — Flavius Orestes forces western Julius Nepos to flee and declares his son, Romulus Augustus, to be emperor.
• Euric, king of the Visigoths, returns Provence to Rome in exchange for full independence.

Eastern Roman Empire

• 9 January — Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee from Constantinople.
• 12 January — Basiliscus is acclaimed emperor in Constantinople.
• 9 April — Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysiste christological position.

Asia

• Bodhidharma travels to China (approximate date).
• Gongju becomes the capital of Baekje, after Baekje loses the Han River valley to Goguryeo.

By Topic

Religion

• The compilation of the Babylonian Talmud, the source of the majority of Jewish Halakha, is completed.

Births

• Clotilde, Burgundian princess
• Ita, Irish nun

Deaths

• King Gaero of Baekje, king of the Baekje Kingdom of Korea