What happened in 500?
12 recorded events in 500, including 5 in people, 3 in wars & conflicts and 3 in empires & countries. A further 68 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 3
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Battle of Badon
Battle in medieval England
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Battle of Dijon
500
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Siege of Avignon
500 siege
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People 5
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Marinus of Neapolis died
5th century Neoplatonist philosopher
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Caecina Decius Maximus Basilius died
Consul of the Roman Empire
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Procopius born
Born in Caesarea Maritima. 6th-century historian.
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Gildas born
Born in Cheshire. 6th-century British monk, writer and saint.
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Peter the Patrician born
Born in Thessaloniki. Byzantine historian.
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Architecture & Engineering 1
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Church of San Martino
Church of Abbadia Lariana
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Empires & Countries 3
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Frisian Kingdom founded
Frisian Kingdom was founded, with its capital at Utrecht.
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Vakataka empire dissolved
Vakataka empire ceased to exist, having been centered at Washim.
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County of Blois founded
County of Blois was founded, with its capital at Blois.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 68 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 500 is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 500.
1st millennium 1
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Shudraka died
Indian king, poet and playwright
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5th century 66
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Fredebal died
King of the Siling Vandals
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Hephaestion of Thebes died
Ancient Egyptian astrologer
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Katskhi pillar
Cultural heritage monument in Georgia
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Odzun Church
Cultural heritage monument of Armenia
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Tekor Basilica
Church building in Kars Province, Turkey
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Kursi
Archaeological site on the Golan Heights
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Tsiranavor Church of Ashtarak
Armenian church
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Hakobavank
Armenian monastery in Azerbaijan
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Pemzashen Church
Armenian church complex of the 5th-7th centuries
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Santa Maria del Monte sanctuary
Sanctuary in Santa Maria del Monte, Frazione of Varese, Italy
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Kilbennan Monastery
Early Christian monastic site with ruins of a round tower and a medieval church, founded by St. Benen, a disciple of St. Patrick, in the 5th century
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Saint Patrick died
5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland
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Nonnus of Panopolis died
Greek epic poet
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Rutilius Claudius Namatianus died
Poet and politician (4th to 5th century CE)
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Hesychius of Alexandria died
5th/6th century Greek philologist and lexicographer
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Horapollon died
Egyptian writer
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Palladas died
Ancient Greek poet
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Caelius Aurelianus died
5th-century Greco-Roman physician and writer
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Severus Sanctus Endelechius died
Ancient Roman writer
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Merobaudes died
Roman poet
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Marcellus Empiricus died
Roman writer and physician
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Adamantius died
Ancient Roman Jewish physician
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Tiberius Claudius Donatus died
5th-century Roman writer and grammarian
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Symphosius died
Roman writer and poet
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Zenob Glak died
Armenian historian
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Antiochus Chuzon died
Roman consul
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Fritigil died
Politician
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Antiochus died
Bishop of Ptolemais in Palestine
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Paulus died
400s Roman military commander
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Bayan monastırı
Monastery in Azerbaijan
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St. Paul And Peter Church (Zovuni)
Church in Aragatsotn Province, Armenia
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Saint Gregory Cathedral, Artik
Cultural heritage monument of Armenia
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Saint Hripsime Church, Verishen
Armenian Apostolic Church
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Saint Hovhannes Church of Avan
Cultural heritage monument of Armenia
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Early Christian Basilica of Palaiopoli (Corfu)
Church building in Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands Municipality, Greece
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église Saint-Pierre de Cholet
Church located in Maine-et-Loire, in France
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église Saint-Étienne de Dingy-Saint-Clair
Church located in Haute-Savoie, in France
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Church complex St. Grigor
Cultural heritage monument of Armenia
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Yakoruda Basilica
Church building in Yakoruda, Bulgaria
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Tsiranavor church of Parpi
Cultural heritage monument of Armenia
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Saint Amenaprkich church
Cultural heritage monument of Armenia
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Gallen Monastery
Early Christian monastic site
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Tulu church
Church
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Tower of Roland
Tower of Roland (Architecture & Engineering).
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Xiongnu dissolved
Xiongnu ceased to exist.
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Kingdom of Makuria founded
Kingdom of Makuria was founded, with its capital at Old Dongola.
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Kingdom of Powys founded
Kingdom of Powys was founded, with its capital at Wroxeter.
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Principality of Kyiv founded
Principality of Kyiv was founded, with its capital at Kyiv.
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Kingdom of Rheged founded
Kingdom of Rheged was founded, with its capital at Carlisle.
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Elmet founded
Elmet was founded, with its capital at Barwick in Elmet.
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Gaelic Ireland founded
Gaelic Ireland was founded.
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Kingdom of Ceredigion founded
Kingdom of Ceredigion was founded.
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Kingdom of Glywysing founded
Kingdom of Glywysing was founded, with its capital at Cardiff.
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Meirionnydd founded
Meirionnydd was founded.
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Basiliscus born
Born in Cappadocia. Eastern Roman Emperor from 475 to 476 († 476).
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Olybrius born
Born in Rome. 5th-century Western Roman Emperor.
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Nonnus of Panopolis born
Born in Akhmim. Greek epic poet.
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Priscian born
Born in Cherchell. 6th-century Latin grammarian.
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Horapollon born
Born in Nilopolis. Egyptian writer.
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Syrianus born
Born in Alexandria. 5th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher.
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Asclepigenia born
Born in Athens. Ancient Greek philosopher and mystic.
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Dashavatara Temple, Deogarh
An ancient stone-masonry Hindu temple, to Vishnu, dated c. 500 CE
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Santa Reparata, Florence
Former cathedral of Florence, Italy
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Royal Abbey of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre
Abbey located in Auxerre, France
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Bandian Complex
Archaeological site in Dargaz County, Iranian national heritage site
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Bardsey Abbey
Grade I listed abbey in the United Kingdom
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500s 1
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Anicius Probinus died
Politician
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