500
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- This article is about the year. For other uses, see number 500.
| Years: 496 497 498 499 - 500 - 501 502 503 504 | |
| Decades: 470s 480s 490s - 500s - 510s 520s 530s | |
| Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century | |
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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.
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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)
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Deaths
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