500

This article is about the year 500. For other uses, see 500 (number).

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Events

By Place

Europe

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 Mór begins his reign -- 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
Frankish Kingdom is formed.

Asia

Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei China becomes sovereign of the Northern Wei Dynasty
Uxmal founded (approximate date)

Africa

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)
Bhavaviveka, Indian Madhyamaka Scholar

Deaths

Zu Chongzhi, Chinese mathematician

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