500
This article is about the year 500. For the number, see 500 (number). For the card game, see 500 (card game). For other uses, see 500 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 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 | |
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| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 500 D |
| Ab urbe condita | 1253 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5250 |
| Bengali calendar | −93 |
| Berber calendar | 1450 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1044 |
| Burmese calendar | −138 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6008–6009 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3196 or 3136 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3197 or 3137 |
| Coptic calendar | 216–217 |
| Discordian calendar | 1666 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 492–493 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4260–4261 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 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 |
| Julian calendar | 500 D |
| Korean calendar | 2833 |
| Minguo calendar | 1412 before ROC 民前1412年 |
| Seleucid era | 811/812 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1042–1043 |
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The world in 500
Mosaic of the Arian Baptistry
Page of the Codex Argenteus
Year 500 (D) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Patricius and Hypatius (or, less frequently, year 1253 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 500 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Britannia
- 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 517). 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.
Europe
- Battle of Dijon: A coalition of Franks and Burgundians crush the forces under Gundobad. King Clovis I pursues him to Avignon where he surrenders and promised to pay a yearly tribute.[1]
- The Frankish Kingdom is formed (approximate date).
- The monument of Ale's Stones is built in Sweden (approximate date).
- Roman catacomb burials end (approximate date).
Africa
- Thrasamund, king of the Vandals, marries Amalafrida (widowed sister of Theodoric the Great). She brings with her a large dowry and an elite Gothic force of 5,000 soldiers.[2]
- Traders from southern Arabia settle in northern Ethiopia.
Asia
- Xuan Wu Di becomes sovereign of the Northern Wei Dynasty (approximate date).
Mesoamerica
By topic
Religion
- The Arian Baptistry is erected by Theodoric the Great, at the same time as the Basilica of Sant' Apollinare Nuovo (Ravenna).
- The Codex Argenteus, Gothic manuscript of bishop Ulfilas's translation of the Bible, is written (approximate date).
Births
- Aregund, queen of the Franks (approximate date)
- Belisarius, Byzantine general (approximate date)
- Bhavyaviveka, Indian Madhyamaka scholar (approximate date)
- Clotilde, daughter of Clovis I (approximate date)
- David, Welsh bishop (approximate date)
- Erzhu Shilong, high-official of Northern Wei (d. 532)
- Gildas, British cleric (approximate date)
- Marcouf, missionary and saint (approximate date)
- Nonnosus, abbot and saint (approximate date)
- Octa, king of Kent (approximate date)
- Procopius, Byzantine historian (approximate date)
- Theodora, Byzantine Empress (approximate date)
- Theudebert I, king of Austrasia (approximate date, could also have been 495)
- Tribonian, Byzantine jurist (approximate date)
- Xie He, Chinese writer and art historian (approximate date)
Deaths
- Zu Chongzhi, Chinese mathematician (b. 429)