5th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 418 | Honorius gave land in Gallia Aquitania to his Visigoth federates in which to settle, forming the nucleus of the future Visigothic Kingdom under king Wallia and then his son and heir Theodoric I. | |
| 426 | Clodio, the earliest recorded king lord of the Salian Franks, began his reign. | |
| 448 | Clodio died. He was succeeded by Merovech. | |
| 451 | 20 June | Battle of Châlons: Romans, Visigoths under Theodoric I and their allies (including the Franks) definitively stop further Hunnic invasion in Gaul. Theodoric I died during the battle, he was succeeded by his son Thorismund who also had a decisive role during the battle. |
| 453 | Thorismund was murdered by his younger brother Theodoric II who succeeded him in the throne of the Visigothic Kingdom. | |
| 457 | Merovech died. His son Childeric I succeeded him as king. | |
| The Domain of Soissons, last Roman province of Gaul, was created with Aegidius as magister militum of the rump state. | ||
| 462 | Roman territory of Septimania was ceded to the Visigothic Kingdom. | |
| 463 | Aegidius and Childeric I defeated the invading Visigoths in Orléans. | |
| 464 | Aegidius died. His son Syagrius succeeded him as magister militum of the Domain of Soissons. | |
| 465 | Childeric I died. His son Clovis I succeeded him. | |
| 466 | Theodoric II was murdered and succeeded by his younger brother Euric as king of the Visigoths, declaring total independence from roman influence and extending during his reign the Visigothic kingdom to most of the Iberian Peninsula. | |
| 485 | Euric died and was succeeded by his son Alaric II as king of the Visigoths. | |
| 486 | Battle of Soissons (486): A Frankish army under Clovis I defeated Syagrius and conquered the Domain of Soissons. Syagrius sought refuge in Alaric II's kingdom, but was later handed back to Clovis and beheaded. |
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