496 - Definition and Overview

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