500
- This article is about the year. For other uses, see 500 (number).
Years:
496 497 498 499 - 500 - 501 502 503 504Decades:
470s 480s 490s - 500s - 510s 520s 530sCenturies:
4th century - 5th century - 6th century
Events
- 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 (approximate date; suggested dates range from 490 to 510) Note: This battle may have influenced the legend of King Arthur.
- 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)
- Traders from southern Arabia settle in northern Ethiopia.
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)