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Calendar overview 507
Map with all linked sites: | 507 | |
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 in the Lex Salica . |
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| 507 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 499/500 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1050/51 (southern Buddhism); 1049/50 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 53rd (54th) cycle
Year of the fire pig丁亥 ( at the beginning of the year fire dog 丙戌) |
| Jewish calendar | 4267/68 (23/24 September) |
| Coptic calendar | 223/224 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MCCLX (1260)
Diocletian's era : 223/224 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 817/818 (April)
Syria: 818/819 (October) |
| Spanish era | 545 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 563/564 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Germanic empires in Europe
- Late summer: In the Battle of Vouillé near Poitiers , the Franks under Clovis I win against the Visigoths under Alaric II , who is killed in action. The part of the Visigoth Empire (= Aquitaine ) north of the Pyrenees is annexed by the Franks. Theodoric the Great , an ally of Alaric, tried in vain to prevent Clovis from attacking with a "peace letter".
- Alaric's illegitimate son Gesalech becomes the new king of the Visigoths ; he can only hold Septimania against the Franks .
- The Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great takes part of the Alamanni under his protection.
- from 507: Clovis I codified the people's law of the Salian Franks in the Lex Salica .
British Islands
- When Domangart I. dies, his son Comgall becomes king of the Irish-Scottish Empire of Dalriada .
Japan
- Keitai becomes the 26th Emperor of Japan . His predecessor Buretsu , who died on January 7, has no children, which is why court officials across the country have to search for a successor related to him.
Religion and culture
- The smaller of the Buddha statues at Bamiyan in what is now Afghanistan is created.
Born
- around 507: John of Ephesus , bishop of Ephesus and church historian († 586 )
Died
Date of death secured
- January 7th : Buretsu , Emperor of Japan (* 489 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Alaric II , King of the Visigoths
- Aper , Bishop of Toul
- Domangart I , King of the Irish-Scottish Empire of Dalriada
Died around 507
- 506 /507: Lawrence , anti-pope
- 506 /507: Severinus of Agaunum , saint of the Catholic Church
Web links
Commons : 507 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
