The Taruma Kingdom is established in West Java in modern-day Indonesia
Tarumanagara or Taruma Kingdom is an early Sundanese Indianised kingdom, whose 5th-century ruler, Purnawarman, produced the earliest known inscriptions on Java island.
4th Century C.E.
Humans first settle the island of Madagascar
Archaeologists have estimated that the earliest settlers arrived from the Malay Archipelago between 250 B.C.E. and 550 C.E., making Madagascar one of the last major landmasses on Earth to be settled by humans.
Saint Marinus founds San Marino, the world’s oldest republic still in existence
San Marino lays claim to being the oldest extant sovereign state in the world, as well as the oldest constitutional republic.