497

497 (CDXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 497th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 497th year of the 1st millennium, the 97th year of the 5th century, and the 8th year of the 490s decade. As of the start of 497, 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:	460s  470s  480s  – 490s –  500s  510s  520s
Years:	494 495 496 – 497 – 498 499 500

497 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	497 CDXCVII
Ab urbe condita	1250
Assyrian calendar	5247
Balinese saka calendar	418–419
Bengali calendar	−96
Berber calendar	1447
Buddhist calendar	1041
Burmese calendar	−141
Byzantine calendar	6005–6006
Chinese calendar	丙子年 (Fire Rat) 3193 or 3133     — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3194 or 3134
Coptic calendar	213–214
Discordian calendar	1663
Ethiopian calendar	489–490
Hebrew calendar	4257–4258
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	553–554
- Shaka Samvat	418–419
- Kali Yuga	3597–3598
Holocene calendar	10497
Iranian calendar	125 BP – 124 BP
Islamic calendar	129 BH – 128 BH
Javanese calendar	383–384
Julian calendar	497 CDXCVII
Korean calendar	2830
Minguo calendar	1415 before ROC 民前1415年
Nanakshahi calendar	−971
Seleucid era	808/809 AG
Thai solar calendar	1039–1040
Tibetan calendar	阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 623 or 242 or −530     — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 624 or 243 or −529

Events

By place

Eastern Roman Empire

• Isaurian War: the Isaurian rebels are defeated.

Europe

• The Alemanni are defeated by the Franks under Clovis I near Bonn.

Asia

• The Shaolin Temple is founded. For alternate founding date, see 477).

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Aryabhata, an Indian astronomer and mathematician, calculates pi (π) as ≈ 62832/20000 = 3.1416, correct to four rounded-off decimal places.

Births

• Abdul Mutallib, son of Hashim
• Chloderic, son of Clovis I

Deaths

• Hashim, great-grandfather of Muhammad, (possibly in Gaza)
• Yuan Xun