500

This article is about the year 500. For the number, see 500 (number).

500 (D) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 500th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 500th year of the 1st millennium, the 100th and last year of the 5th century, and the 1st year of the 500s decade. As of the start of 500, the Gregorian calendar was 1 day ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century – 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
Assyrian calendar	5250
Balinese saka calendar	421–422
Bengali calendar	−93
Berber calendar	1450
Buddhist calendar	1044
Burmese calendar	−138
Byzantine calendar	6008–6009
Chinese calendar	己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3196 or 3136     — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3197 or 3137
Coptic calendar	216–217
Discordian calendar	1666
Ethiopian calendar	492–493
Hebrew calendar	4260–4261
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	556–557
- Shaka Samvat	421–422
- Kali Yuga	3600–3601
Holocene calendar	10500
Iranian calendar	122 BP – 121 BP
Islamic calendar	126 BH – 125 BH
Javanese calendar	386–387
Julian calendar	500 D
Korean calendar	2833
Minguo calendar	1412 before ROC 民前1412年
Nanakshahi calendar	−968
Seleucid era	811/812 AG
Thai solar calendar	1042–1043
Tibetan calendar	ས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Earth-Hare) 626 or 245 or −527     — to — ལྕགས་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (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