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{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;"\n|- \n| align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
496 497 498 499 - 500 - 501 502 503 504\n|-\n| align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
470s 480s 490s - 500s - 510s 520s 530s\n|- \n| align="center" | Centuries:
4th century - 5th century - 6th century\n|} \n:Alternate uses, see Number 500

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

\n*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 (approximate date; suggested dates range from 490 to 510) Note: This battle may have influenced the legend of King Arthur.\n*Possible date at which Fergus I of Dalriada begins his reign\n*Approximate beginning of the Heptarchy period in the history of England\n*Approximate year of the founding of the Kingdom of Essex\n*Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei China becomes sovereign of the Northern Wei Dynasty\n*Uxmal founded (approximate date) \n

Births

\n*Procopius, historian (approximate date)\n*Theodebert I, king of Austrasia (approximate date, could also have been 495)\n*Theodora, empress of Byzantium\n*Tribonian, a jurist in the Roman Empire (approximate date)

Deaths

\n*Zu Chongzhi, chinese mathematician \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n