500: Year

500 (Roman numerals: D) was a common year of the Gregorian calendar.

It started on a Friday. The Julian calendar had it as a leap year starting on Saturday, which was used before the Gregorian calendar. The exceptional common year starting on Friday was called 500 when the Gregorian calendar was not in use, of course. The leap year began on the Saturday, and ended on the Sunday, just like the year 2000 did.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 4th century5th century6th century
Decades: 470s  480s  490s  – 500s –  510s  520s  530s
Years: 497 498 499500501 502 503
500 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar500
D
Ab urbe condita1253
Assyrian calendar5250
Balinese saka calendar421–422
Bengali calendar−93
Berber calendar1450
Buddhist calendar1044
Burmese calendar−138
Byzantine calendar6008–6009
Chinese calendar己卯(Earth Rabbit)
3196 or 3136
    — to —
庚辰年 (Metal Dragon)
3197 or 3137
Coptic calendar216–217
Discordian calendar1666
Ethiopian calendar492–493
Hebrew calendar4260–4261
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat556–557
 - Shaka Samvat421–422
 - Kali Yuga3600–3601
Holocene calendar10500
Iranian calendar122 BP – 121 BP
Islamic calendar126 BH – 125 BH
Javanese calendar386–387
Julian calendar500
D
Korean calendar2833
Minguo calendar1412 before ROC
民前1412年
Nanakshahi calendar−968
Seleucid era811/812 AG
Thai solar calendar1042–1043
Tibetan calendar阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
626 or 245 or −527
    — to —
阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
627 or 246 or −526

It is one of only seven years to use just one Roman numeral. The seven are 1 AD (I), 5 AD (V), 10 AD (X), 50 AD (L), 100 AD (C), 500 AD (D), and 1000 AD (M).

Events

  • 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
  • Possible date at which Fergus I of Dalriada begins his reign
  • Approximate beginning of the Heptarchy period in the history of England
  • Approximate year of the founding of the Kingdom of Essex
  • Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei China becomes sovereign of the Northern Wei Dynasty
  • Uxmal founded (approximate date)
  • Traders from southern Arabia settle in northern Ethiopia

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