516
This article is about the year 516. For the number, see 516 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 480s 490s 500s – 510s – 520s 530s 540s |
| Years: | 513 514 515 – 516 – 517 518 519 |
| 516 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 516 DXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1269 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5266 |
| Bengali calendar | −77 |
| Berber calendar | 1466 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1060 |
| Burmese calendar | −122 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6024–6025 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3212 or 3152 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3213 or 3153 |
| Coptic calendar | 232–233 |
| Discordian calendar | 1682 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 508–509 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4276–4277 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 572–573 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 438–439 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3617–3618 |
| Holocene calendar | 10516 |
| Iranian calendar | 106 BP – 105 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 109 BH – 108 BH |
| Julian calendar | 516 DXVI |
| Korean calendar | 2849 |
| Minguo calendar | 1396 before ROC 民前1396年 |
| Seleucid era | 827/828 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1058–1059 |
Year 516 (DXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Petrus without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1269 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 516 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Europe
- Hygelac, king of the Geats (Sweden), raids the Lower Rhine and is defeated by a Frankish force led by Theudebert (according to the "History of the Franks").[1]
- King Gundobad of the Burgundians dies peacefully after a 43-year reign and is succeeded by his eldest son Sigismund.
By topic
Religion
- November 6 – The Council of Tarragona (modern Spain) is held.
Births
- Athalaric, king of the Ostrogoths (d. 534)
- Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Irish bishop (d. 546)
Deaths
- Gundobad, king of the Burgundians
- Hygelac, king of the Geats (approximate date)
- John, Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria
- Oisc, king of Kent (approximate date)
References
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