501

Year 501 (DI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	470s  480s  490s  – 500s –  510s  520s  530s
Years:	498 499 500 – 501 – 502 503 504

501 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	501 DI
Ab urbe condita	1254
Assyrian calendar	5251
Balinese saka calendar	422–423
Bengali calendar	−92
Berber calendar	1451
Buddhist calendar	1045
Burmese calendar	−137
Byzantine calendar	6009–6010
Chinese calendar	庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3197 or 3137     — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3198 or 3138
Coptic calendar	217–218
Discordian calendar	1667
Ethiopian calendar	493–494
Hebrew calendar	4261–4262
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	557–558
- Shaka Samvat	422–423
- Kali Yuga	3601–3602
Holocene calendar	10501
Iranian calendar	121 BP – 120 BP
Islamic calendar	125 BH – 124 BH
Javanese calendar	387–388
Julian calendar	501 DI
Korean calendar	2834
Minguo calendar	1411 before ROC 民前1411年
Nanakshahi calendar	−967
Seleucid era	812/813 AG
Thai solar calendar	1043–1044
Tibetan calendar	阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 627 or 246 or −526     — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 628 or 247 or −525

Events

By place

Asia

• Qi He Di succeeds Qi Dong Hun Hou as ruler of the Chinese Southern Qi Dynasty.
• Muryeong becomes king of Baekje.

America

• Ahkal Mo' Naab' I comes to power in the Maya city of Palenque.

Europe

• Pope Symmachus, who people said committed crimes. He said non-religious law did not apply to him. A synod held in 502 agreed with him.

Births

• Empress Dowager Lou Zhaojun
• Xiao Tong (d. 531)

Deaths

• Icel, great-grandfather of Creoda of Mercia
• Ravina II, rabbi
• Su Xiaoxiao, Chinese poetess and courtesan
• King Dongseong of Baekje, king of the Baekje Kingdom of Korea
• Xiao Baojuan, emperor of Southern Qi Dynasty, commonly known as Marquess of Donghun
• Consort Pan Yunu, Xiao Baojuan's favorite concubine