496

Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century

Decades: 440s 450s 460s 470s 480s - 490s - 500s 510s 520s 530s 540s

Years: 491 492 493 494 495 - 496 - 497 498 499 500 501

• Battle of Tolbiac; Clovis I accepts Catholic baptism at Reims.
• Pope Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I.
• Possible date for the Battle of Mons Badonicus: Romano-British and Celts led by Arthur defeat an Anglo-Saxon army that may have been led by the bretwalda Aelle of Sussex (the battle may have taken place in AD 500)
• The ruling Tuoba family in the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty change their family name to Yuan.

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Deaths

• Gunthamund, king of the Vandals