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Calendar overview 516
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| 516 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 508/509 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1059/60 (southern Buddhism); 1058/59 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 53rd (54th) cycle
Year of the fire monkey丙申 ( at the beginning of the year wood sheep 乙未) |
| Jewish calendar | 4276/77 (September 11-12) |
| Coptic calendar | 232/233 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MCCLXIX (1269)
Diocletian's era : 232/233 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 826/827 (April)
Syria: 827/828 (October) |
| Spanish era | 554 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 572/573 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- Sigismund succeeds his late father Gundobad as the new king in the Burgundian Empire, and on the occasion of his takeover of power, the Eastern Roman Emperor Anastasios I gives him the honorary title of patricius . Since Sigismund is Catholic, the Burgundians are also switching from his father's Arian faith to Catholicism .
- between 516 and 522: The Danish king Chlochilaicus invades Gaul in the first historically documented attack by the Vikings . According to Gregory of Tours , he attacked and robbed the territory of the Austrasian Frankish king Theuderic I and took many prisoners. When the fleet wanted to move back, however, they had to wait for the tide. During this time, Theuderich's son Theudebert advanced with a strong army and a fleet, was able to kill the king and defeat the Danes in a naval battle and thus get the booty back.
First documentary mentions
- The first written mention of Vuadens takes place under the name Wadingum .
- The place Marin in what is now France is first mentioned in a document.
- Vuibroye is first mentioned in a document.
Disasters
- The rupture of the Fushan Dam in China , built for military purposes northeast of Nanjing on the orders of Emperor Liang Wu Di and only completed four months earlier, leads to a tidal wave that kills over 10,000.
- In a storm surge in the North Sea , more than 6,000 people and even more cattle are said to be killed in Friesland .
Born
Died
- Gundobad , King of the Burgundies
Web links
Commons : 516 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
