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

Decades: 460s 470s 480s - 490s - 500s 510s 520s

Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century 496 (number)

Events

• Battle of Tolbiac; Clovis I defeats the Alamanni accepts Catholic baptism at Reims.
• Pope Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I.
• The ruling Tuoba family in the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty change their family name to Yuan.
• Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I has Euphemius Patriarch of Constantinople deposed, and Macedonius II appointed as his successor. Euphemius is sent into exile.
• Kavadh I of Persia is deposed and exiled by his brother Djamasp.
• Thrasamund becomes king of the Vandals.

Births

Deaths

• Gunthamund, king of the Vandals
• November 21 - Pope Gelasius I

af:496 bg:496 ca:496 de:496 es:496 eo:496 eu:496 fr:496 ko:496년 hr:496 it:496 lb:496 nl:496 no:496 pl:496 pt:496 ro:496 ru:496 sl:496 sr:496 fi:496 sv:496 uk:496 zh:496年