500
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Year 500 (D) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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Events
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By place
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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 or possibly Cerdic of Wessex (approximate date; suggested dates range from 490 to 510). 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.
- The Frankish Kingdom is formed.
- The monument of Ale's Stones is built in Sweden.
- Burial in catacombs ends (approximate date).
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Asia
- Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei China becomes sovereign of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
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Americas
- Uxmal is founded (approximate date).
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Africa
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Births
- Erzhu Shilong
- Procopius, historian (approximate date)
- Theodebert I, king of Austrasia (approximate date, could also have been 495)
- Theodora, empress of Byzantium
- Tribonian, jurist in the Roman Empire (approximate date)
- Bhavaviveka, Indian Madhyamaka Scholar
- Xie He, Chinese artist (d. c. 535) (approximate date)
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Deaths
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