500

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

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	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