| Centuries: | 4th century · 5th century · 6th century |
| Decades: | 460s 470s 480s 490s 500s 510s 520s |
| Years: | 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 |
| 496 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 496 CDXCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1249 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1348 – -1347 |
| Bengali calendar | -97 |
| Berber calendar | 1446 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1040 |
| Burmese calendar | -142 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6004 – 6005 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年十二月初一日 (3132/3192-12-1) — to —
丙子年十二月十一日(3133/3193-12-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 212 – 213 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 488 – 489 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4256 – 4257 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 552 – 553 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 418 – 419 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3597 – 3598 |
| Holocene calendar | 10496 |
| Iranian calendar | 126 BP – 125 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 130 BH – 129 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2829 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1039 |