Augustulus by Odoacer: traditional date for the Fall of Rome in the West. 477 or 495: Chan Buddhists found the Shaolin Monastery on Mount Song in Henan, China. 480: Assassination of Julius Nepos, the last de jure Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, in Dalmatia. 481: Clovis I becomes King of the Western Franks upon the death of Childeric I. 482: Territory of modern Ukraine is established in Kiev. 486: Clovis defeats Syagrius and conquers the last free remnants of the Western Roman Empire. 490: (approximate date) Battle of Mount Badon. According to legend, British forces led by King Arthur defeated the invading Saxons. 491: King Clovis I defeats and subjugates the Kingdom of Thuringia in Germany. 493: Theodoric the Great ousts Odoacer to become King of Italy. 494: Northern Gaul is united under the Frankish King Clovis I, founder of the Merovingian dynasty. 496: Battle of Tolbiac. King Clovis subjugates the Alamanni, and is baptized as a Catholic with a large number of Franks by Remigius, bishop of Reims. Buddhism reaches Burma and Indonesia. African and Indonesian settlers reach Madagascar. The Hopewell tradition comes to an end in North America. Tbilisi is founded by King Vakhtang Gorgasali. Inventions, discoveries, introductions Horse collar invented in China Chaturang, the precursor of chess, originated in India Heavy plow in use in Slavic lands First instance of a metal horseshoe found in Gaul Anglo-Saxon runes alphabet introduced in England Charkha (spinning wheel) originated in India Armenian alphabet created by Mesrob Mashtots c. 405 The first use of Zero found in Bakhshali manuscript in India References 1st millennium 05th century