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Europe

• Possible date for the Battle of Mons Badonicus
  Battle of Mons Badonicus
  
  In the Battle of Mons Badonicus Romano-British Celts defeated an invading Anglo-Saxons army some time in the decade before or after Anno Domini 500....
  : Romano-British
  Romano-British
  
  Romano-British culture is that of the Romanised Britons under the Roman Empire and later the Western Roman Empire, and of those exposed to Roman culture in the years after the Roman departure from Britain....
   and Celts defeat an Anglo-Saxon
  Anglo-Saxons
  
  Anglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain starting from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, lasting until the Norman conquest of England of 1066....
   army that may have been led by the bretwalda
  Bretwalda
  
  Bretwalda, also Brytenwalda, Bretenanwealda, is an Anglo-Saxon language term, the first record of which comes from the late ninth century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle....
   Aelle of Sussex
  Aelle of Sussex
  
  ?lle is recorded in early sources as the first King of the Kingdom of Sussex, reigning in what is now called Sussex, England, from 477 to perhaps as late as 514....
   (approximate date; suggested dates range from 490 to 510). Note: This battle may have influenced the legend of King Arthur
  King Arthur
  
  King Arthur is a legendary Britons leader who, according to medieval histories and Romance , led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders in the early 6th century....
  .
• Possible date at which Fergus Mór
  Fergus Mór
  
  Fergus M?r mac Eirc was a legendary king of D?l Riata. He was the son of Erc of Dalriada.While his historicity may be debatable, his posthumous importance as the founder of Scotland in the national myth of Medieval and Renaissance Scotland is not in doubt....
   begins his reign — the historicity of Mór is doubtful.
• Approximate beginning of the Heptarchy
  Heptarchy
  
  Heptarchy is a collective name applied to the supposed seven Anglo-Saxons kingdoms of south, east, and central Great Britain during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages which eventually unified into England ....
   period in the history of England
  History of England
  
  The history of England did not begin until the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons, when the partition of Britain into several countries largely began. It was the history of Britain that began in the prehistoric during which time Stonehenge was erected....
  .
• Approximate year of the founding of the Kingdom of Essex
  Kingdom of Essex
  
  The Kingdom of Essex , was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxons Heptarchy) was founded around 500 AD and covered the territory later occupied by the Counties of England of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex....
  .
• The Frankish Kingdom is formed.
• The monument of Ale's Stones
  Ale's Stones
  
  Ale's Stones is a megalithic monument in Sk?ne in southern Sweden, probably from circa 600 CE, that is, the end of the Nordic Iron Age. Scanian folklore ascribes the stones to Ale the Strong's grave....
   is built in Sweden
  Sweden
  
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
  .

Asia

• Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei China becomes sovereign of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Americas

• Uxmal
  Uxmal
  
  Uxmal is a large pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in the state of Yucat?n, Mexico. It is 78 km south of M?rida, Yucat?n, or 110 km from that city on Highway 261 towards Campeche, Campeche), 15 km south-southeast of the town of Muna ....
   is founded (approximate date).

Africa

• Traders from southern Arabia settle in northern Ethiopia
  Ethiopia
  
  Ethiopia , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the northeast....
  .

Births

• Erzhu Shilong
  Erzhu Shilong
  
  Erzhu Shilong , courtesy name Rongzong , was an official of the History of China/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. He first became prominent when after his cousin Erzhu Rong overthrew Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei's mother Empress Dowager Hu and made Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei emperor....
  
• Procopius
  Procopius
  
  Procopius of Caesarea was a prominent Byzantine Empire scholar of the family Procopius . A participant himself in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he was the major historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History....
  , historian (approximate date)
• Theodebert I, king of Austrasia
  Austrasia
  
  Austrasia formed the north-eastern portion of the Kingdom of the Merovingian Franks, comprising parts of the territory of present-day eastern France, western Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands....
   (approximate date, could also have been 495
  495
  
  Events...
  )
• Theodora
  Theodora (6th century)
  
  Theodora , was empress of the Byzantine Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian I. Like her husband, she is a saint in the Eastern Orthodoxy, commemorated on November 14....
  , empress of Byzantium
  Byzantine Empire
  
  Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
  
• Tribonian
  Tribonian
  
  File:Tribonian bas-relief in the U.S. House of Representatives chamber.jpgTribonian was a jurist during the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, who revised the Roman Law of the Roman Empire....
  , jurist
  Jurist
  
  A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth of Nations countries it has only historical and specialist usage....
   in the Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
   (approximate date)
• Bhavaviveka
  Bhavaviveka
  
  Bhavaviveka or Bhavya , was the founder of the Svatantrika tradition of the Madhyamaka school of Buddhism....
  , India
  India
  
  India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  n Madhyamaka
  Madhyamaka
  
  Madhyamaka is a Buddhist Mahayana tradition systematized by Nagarjuna. Nagarjuna may have arrived at his positions from a desire to achieve a consistent exegesis of Gautama Buddha's doctrine as recorded in the Nikayas....
   Scholar

Deaths

• Zu Chongzhi
  Zu Chongzhi
  
  Zu Chongzhi , courtesy name Wenyuan , was a prominent China List of mathematicians and List of astronomers during the Liu Song and Southern Qi Dynasties....
  , Chinese
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
   mathematician
  Mathematician
  
  A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and/or research is the field of mathematics....