| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 470s 480s 490s 500s 510s 520s 530s |
| Years: | 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 |
| 501 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 501 DI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1254 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1343 – -1342 |
| Bengali calendar | -92 |
| Berber calendar | 1451 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1045 |
| Burmese calendar | -137 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6009 – 6010 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年十一月廿六日 (3137/3197-11-26) — to —
辛巳年十二月初六日(3138/3198-12-6) |
| Coptic calendar | 217 – 218 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 493 – 494 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4261 – 4262 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 557 – 558 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 423 – 424 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3602 – 3603 |
| Holocene calendar | 10501 |
| Iranian calendar | 121 BP – 120 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 125 BH – 124 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2834 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1044 |