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Calendar overview 500
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 Codex Argenteus was created around 500 . |
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| 500 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 492/493 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1043/44 (southern Buddhism); 1042/43 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 53rd (54th) cycle
Year of the Metal Dragon庚辰 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Rabbit 己卯) |
| Jewish calendar | 4260/61 (September 8/9) |
| Coptic calendar | 216/217 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCCLIII (1253)
Diocletian's era : 216/217 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 810/811 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 811/812 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 538 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 556/557 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Franconia / Burgundy
- Battle of Dijon : The Frankish king Clovis I intervenes in Burgundy in favor of the Geneva sub-king Godegisel against the upper king Gundobad , who resides in Lyon and whose troops are defeated in the battle of the Ouche near Dijon . Gundegisel then triumphs as Burgundian ruler in the capital Vienne , but Gundobad himself manages to escape to Avignon , where he agrees to pay tributes with Clovis, so that he recognizes him as king.
Vandals / Ostrogoths
- Thrasamund , ruler of the Vandal Empire in North Africa, marries Amalafrida , the sister of the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great , after having formed an alliance with him. Theodoric ceded the north-west of Sicily, including the port city of Lilybaeum , to the Vandals as a dowry.
Britain
- around 500: In the legendary battle of Mons Badonicus , the Romano-British, under their alleged military leader Ambrosius Aurelianus, succeed in a victory against the Anglo-Saxons , whose advance in Central England is halted until the 570s. Historicity, exact year and exact location of the battle are disputed; most likely the 490s (503 at the latest) and the Bath area ; the Anglo-Saxons should AELLE have led by Sussex, later sources associate on the British side Artus with the battle.
Eastern Roman Empire
- 500: The Eastern Roman Emperor Anastasius I rule over much of the Balkans , Asia Minor , Syria and Palestine , parts of Mesopotamia ( Mesopotamia ) as well as Egypt and Libya . His territory is thus largely congruent with the later Ottoman Empire in its greatest extent.
Asia
- around 500: The empire of Srivijaya arises in Southeast Asia .
Religion and culture
- Around 500: The Codex Argenteus , a valuable manuscript of the Wulfilabibel, was created in northern Italy .
Born
- around 500: Flavius Cresconius Gorippus , Latin poet († around 570 )
- around 500: Gildas , Celtic Christian clergyman in Britain († 570 )
- around 500: Nonnosus , abbot of San Silvestre and saint († around 532 )
- around 500: Prokopios of Caesarea , Byzantine historian († around 562 )
- around 500: Theodora I , wife of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I († 548 )
- 500: Theudebert I , Merovingian king of the Frankish Empire († 547 / 548 )
- around 500: Vigilius , Pope († 555 )
- around 500/505 : Belisarius , Eastern Roman general and general of Emperor Justinian († 565 )
Died
- To Chongzhi , Chinese mathematician and astronomer (* 429 )
Web links
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