500

Centuries:	4th century BC · 5th century · 6th century
Decades:	470s 480s 490s 500s 510s 520s 530s
Years:	497 498 499 500 501 502 503

500 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	500 D
Ab urbe condita	1253
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	5250
Bahá'í calendar	-1344–-1343
Bengali calendar	-93
Berber calendar	1450
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1044
Burmese calendar	-138
Byzantine calendar	6008–6009
Chinese calendar	己卯年月日 (3136/3196--{{Chinese calendar/day/53/Template:Chinese calendar/year/53|1903683}}) — to — 庚辰年月日 (3137/3197--{{Chinese calendar/day/53/Template:Chinese calendar/year/53|1904048}})
Coptic calendar	216–217
Ethiopian calendar	492–493
Hebrew calendar	4260–4261
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	556–557
- Shaka Samvat	422–423
- Kali Yuga	3601–3602
Holocene calendar	10500
Iranian calendar	122 BP – 121 BP
Islamic calendar	126 BH – 125 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2833
Minguo calendar	1412 before ROC 民前1412年
Thai solar calendar	1043

500 (Roman numerals: D) is a common year of the Gregorian calendar. It started on a Friday.

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

Deaths

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