| Centuries: | 4th century · 5th century · 6th century |
| Decades: | 460s 470s 480s 490s 500s 510s 520s |
| Years: | 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 |
| 497 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 497 CDXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1250 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1347 – -1346 |
| Bengali calendar | -96 |
| Berber calendar | 1447 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1041 |
| Burmese calendar | -141 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6005 – 6006 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年十二月十二日 (3133/3193-12-12) — to —
丁丑年十一月廿二日(3134/3194-11-22) |
| Coptic calendar | 213 – 214 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 489 – 490 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4257 – 4258 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 553 – 554 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 419 – 420 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3598 – 3599 |
| Holocene calendar | 10497 |
| Iranian calendar | 125 BP – 124 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 129 BH – 128 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2830 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1040 |