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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). Calendar year
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| AD 500 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 500 D |
| Ab urbe condita | 1253 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5250 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 421–422 |
| Bengali calendar | −94 – −93 |
| Berber calendar | 1450 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1044 |
| Burmese calendar | −138 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6008–6009 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3197 or 2990 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3198 or 2991 |
| Coptic calendar | 216–217 |
| Discordian calendar | 1666 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 492–493 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4260–4261 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 556–557 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 421–422 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3600–3601 |
| Holocene calendar | 10500 |
| Iranian calendar | 122 BP – 121 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 126 BH – 125 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 386–387 |
| Julian calendar | 500 D |
| Korean calendar | 2833 |
| Minguo calendar | 1412 before ROC 民前1412年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −968 |
| Seleucid era | 811/812 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1042–1043 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 626 or 245 or −527 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 627 or 246 or −526 |
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: An 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.
- The Frankish Kingdom is formed (approximate date).
- The monument of Ale's Stones is built in Sweden (approximate date).
- Burial in catacombs ends (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.
- Traders from southern Arabia settle in northern Ethiopia.
Asia
- Xuan Wu Di becomes sovereign of the Northern Wei Dynasty (approximate date).
Mesoamerica
- Uxmal is founded (approximate date).
Births
- Bhavyaviveka, Indian Madhyamaka scholar (approximate date)
- Erzhu Shilong, high-official of Northern Wei (d. 532)
- Nonnosus, abbot and saint (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 (d. c. 535) (approximate date)
Deaths
- Zu Chongzhi, Chinese mathematician (b. 429)
References
- Gregory of Tours, History, 2.32
- Peter Heather, The Goths (Oxford: Blackwell, 1996), p. 231