500

Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century

Decades: 450s 460s 470s 480s 490s - 500s - 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s

Years: 495 496 497 498 499 - 500 - 501 502 503 504 505

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Events

• Possible date for the Battle of Mons Badonicus: Romano-British and Celts led by Arthur defeat an Anglo-Saxon army that may have been led by the bretwalda Aelle of Sussex (the battle may have taken place in AD 496)
• Possible date at which Fergus I of Dalriada begins his reign
• Approximate beginning of the Heptarchy period in the history of England
• Approximate year of the founding of the Kingdom of Essex
• Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei China becomes sovereign of the Northern Wei Dynasty
• Uxmal founded (approximate date)

Births

• Procopius, historian (approximate date)
• Theodebert I, king of Austrasia (approximate date, could also have been 495)
• Theodora, Empress of Byzantium
• Tribonian, a jurist in the Roman Empire (approximate date)

Deaths

• Zu Chongzhi, chinese mathematician