500
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 4th century – 5th century – 6th century |
| Decades: | 470s 480s 490s – 500s – 510s 520s 530s |
| Years: | 497 498 499 – 500 – 501 502 503 |
| 500 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 500 D |
| Ab urbe condita | 1253 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1344 – -1343 |
| Bengali calendar | -93 |
| Berber calendar | 1450 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1044 |
| Burmese calendar | -138 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6008 – 6009 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年十一月十五日 (3136/3196-11-15) — to —
庚辰年十一月廿五日(3137/3197-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 216 – 217 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 492 – 493 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4260 – 4261 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 556 – 557 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 422 – 423 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3601 – 3602 |
| Holocene calendar | 10500 |
| Iranian calendar | 122 BP – 121 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 126 BH – 125 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2833 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1043 |
Year 500 (D) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Possible date for the Battle of Mons Badonicus: Romano-British and Celts defeat an Anglo-Saxon army that may have been led by the bretwalda Aelle of Sussex or possibly Cerdic of Wessex (approximate date; suggested dates range from 490 to 510). This battle may have influenced the legend of King Arthur.
- Possible date at which Fergus Mór begins his reign—the historicity of Mór is doubtful.
- Approximate beginning of the Heptarchy period in the history of England.
- Approximate year of the founding of the Kingdom of Essex.
- The Frankish Kingdom is formed.
- The monument of Ale's Stones is built in Sweden.
- Burial in catacombs ends (approximate date).
Asia
- Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei China becomes sovereign of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Americas
- Uxmal is founded (approximate date).
Africa
Births
- Erzhu Shilong
- Procopius, historian (approximate date)
- Theodebert I, king of Austrasia (approximate date, could also have been 495)
- Theodora, empress of Byzantium
- Tribonian, jurist in the Roman Empire (approximate date)
- Bhavaviveka, Indian Madhyamaka Scholar
- Xie He, Chinese artist (d. c. 535) (approximate date)
Deaths
- Zu Chongzhi, Chinese mathematician
Map of the world in 500.