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• January 9 – Emperor Zeno abdicates under pressure, as his wife's uncle Basiliscus stages a coup d'état at Constantinople, with support from Zeno's trusted adviser and fellow Isaurian Illus. Basiliscus usurps the throne and is proclaimed new emperor (Augustus) of the Eastern Roman Empire. He begins a 20-month reign; Zeno and his supporters flee to Isauria.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC&q=emperor+zeno+475&pg=PA178|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2010|isbn=9781851096725|volume=1|location=Santa Babara, CA, Denver, CO, Oxford, UK|pages=178|language=en}}
• April 9 – Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, promoting the Miaphysite christological position. These religious views will make him highly unpopular.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NSoAgAAQBAJ&q=Miaphysitism+Basilicus&pg=PA37|title=The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity: AD 395-700|last=Cameron|first=Averil|publisher=Routledge|year=2012|isbn=9781136673061|edition=Second|series=Routledge History of the Ancient World|location=London & New York|pages=37|language=en|orig-year=1993}}
• Summer – Emperor Julius Nepos grants the Visigoth King Euric legal tenure of his conquests, which include Provence (region of Gaul), in exchange for full independence.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JcmwuoTsKO0C&q=Julius+Nepos+Euric&pg=PA170|title=The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 1, C.500-c.700|last1=McKitterick|first1=Rosamond|last2=Fouracre|first2=Paul|last3=Reuter|first3=Timothy|last4=Abulafia|first4=David|last5=Luscombe|first5=David Edward|last6=Allmand|first6=C. T.|last7=Riley-Smith|first7=Jonathan|last8=Jones|first8=Michael|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2005|isbn=9780521362917|location=Cambridge|pages=170|language=en}}
• August 28 – Magister Militum Orestes takes control of the government in Ravenna, and forces Julius Nepos to flee to Dalmatia.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/amanualancienth00sabagoog|quote=orestes 475.|title=A Manual of Ancient History: Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of Antiquity|last=Heeren|first=Arnold Hermann Ludwig|publisher=D.A. Talboys|year=1833|edition=Second|location=Oxford|pages=[https://archive.org/details/amanualancienth00sabagoog/page/n498 474]|language=en|orig-year=1799}}
• October 31 – Romulus Augustus is installed as emperor by his father Orestes, who becomes regent in effect of the Western Roman Empire. Augustus will ultimately rule for 10 months, as the last Western Emperor.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sdCjnwoQLR0C&q=Romulus+Augustulus+475&pg=PA269|title=Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection: From Arcadius and Honorius to the Accession of Anastasius|last1=Oaks|first1=Dumbarton|last2=Collection|first2=Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and|last3=Grierson|first3=Philip|last4=Collection|first4=Whittemore|last5=Mays|first5=Melinda|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection|year=1992|isbn=9780884021933|location=Washington, D.C.|pages=269|language=en}}

• Bodhidharma, Buddhist monk, travels to China and, begins teaching the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (approximate date).{{Cite journal|last=Greene|first=Eric|date=March 2008|title=Another Look at Early Chan: Daoxuan, Bodhidharma, and the Three Levels Movement|url=https://brill.com/view/journals/tpao/94/1/article-p49_1.xml|journal=T'oung Pao|language=en|volume=94|issue=1|pages=49–114|doi=10.1163/008254308X367022|issn=0082-5433|url-access=subscription}}
• Gongju becomes the capital of Baekje, and is threatened by Goguryeo, who conquers the Han River valley (Korea).{{Cite news|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3050594|title=A journey through the glorious Baekje Dynasty : Visiting sites in Gongju, Buyeo and Iksan reveals the beauty of the kingdom|last=Yoon|first=So-Yeon|date=14 July 2018|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=4 February 2019}}
• Munju becomes king of Baekje.{{cite web |title=List of Rulers of Korea |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=20 April 2019}}

• Great fire in Constantinople with loss of Palace of Lausus and - along with it - the famous Zeus from Olympia.

• A Bodhisattva (detail of a wall painting in the Ajanta Caves) in Maharashtra (India) of the Gupta period) is made (approximate date).{{Cite journal|last1=Huntington|first1=John C.|last2=Chandrasekhar|first2=Chaya|date=2000|title=The Dharmacakramudrā Variant at Ajanta: An Iconological Study|journal=Chāchājī: Professor Walter M. Spink Felicitation Volume|volume=30|issue=1|pages=33–39|jstor=4629567}}

• The compilation of the Babylonian Talmud, the source of the majority of Jewish Halakha, is completed.{{Cite web|last=Pomeranz|first=Yoni|date=May 2016|title=Ordinary Jews in the Babylonian Talmud: Rabbinic Representations and Historical Interpretation|url=https://www.academia.edu/24432463|language=en}}
• The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites is consecrated in Syria.{{Cite news|url=https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2016/05/byzantine-church-of-saint-symeon.html|title=Byzantine Church Of Saint Symeon Stylites In Syria Damaged By Missile Attack|last=Steiner|first=Shannon|date=17 May 2016|work=Archaeology News Network|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204122246/https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2016/05/byzantine-church-of-saint-symeon.html|url-status=dead}}

• Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun (approximate date){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDoF4Hu2uJ0C&q=%C3%8Dte+of+Killeedy+475&pg=PT81|title=In the Sanctuary of Women: A Companion for Reflection and Prayer|last=Richardson|first=Jan L.|publisher=Upper Room Books|year=2004|isbn=9780835811491|location=Santa Barbara, CA, Denver CO, Oxford, UK|pages=29–30|language=en}}
• Ferreolus of Rodez, Roman senator (approximate date){{Cite web|url=https://www.johnsonhansonfamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I40842&tree=JoHa|title=Ferreolus, Senator of Narbonne b. c. 470 or 475: Johnson & Hanson|website=www.johnsonhansonfamily.com|access-date=2019-02-04}}

• May 27 – Eutropius, bishop of Orange{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzqOCgAAQBAJ&q=Eutropius+of+Orange+475&pg=PT376|title=The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary|last=Watkins|first=Basil|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2015|isbn=9780567664150|edition=8th|language=en}}
• Flavius Magnus, Roman consul{{Cite web|url=https://www.johnsonhansonfamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I40860&tree=JoHa|title=Flavius Magnus b. c. 390 - 405 d. 475: Johnson & Hanson|website=www.johnsonhansonfamily.com|access-date=2019-02-04}}
• Gaero, king of Baekje (Korea){{Cite web|url=http://www.baekje-heritage.or.kr/html/en/historic/historic_010101.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307001916/http://www.baekje-heritage.or.kr/html/en/historic/historic_010101.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2015|title=Foundation and Expansion of Baekje > History of Baekje > Baekje Historic Areas > 디폴트 사이트|website=www.baekje-heritage.or.kr|access-date=2019-02-04}}
• Mamertus, bishop of Vienne{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ln2BAgAAQBAJ&q=Mamertus+475&pg=PA194|title=Who's Who in Christianity|last=Cohn-Sherbok|first=Lavinia|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|isbn=9781134509560|location=London and New York|pages=194–195|language=en|orig-year=1998}}
• Tonantius Ferreolus, praetorian prefect{{Cite web|url=https://www.johnsonhansonfamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I40863&tree=JoHa|title=Tonantius Ferreolus, (prefect) b. 410 d. 475: Johnson & Hanson|website=www.johnsonhansonfamily.com|access-date=2019-02-04}}

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