These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... Europe in 450 The 5th century is the period from 401 - 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... This Buddhist stela from China, Northern Wei period, was built in the early 6th century. ... The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Decades: 450s - 460s - 470s - 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s Years: 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 Events and Trends: Clovis I, king of the Franks, defeats the Visigoths at the battle of Vouille in 507... 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Events

By Place

Europe

• March 12 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. The Pope now emerges as the leading ruler in the West for 1260 years.
• Gabrán mac Domangairt becomes king of Dál Riata.

March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in leap years). ... Witiges or Vitiges (d. ... This article deals with the continental Ostrogoths. ... Ravenna is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ... A General is an officer of high military rank. ... Belisarius, to the right of Emperor Justinian I, in the mosaic in Ravenna that celebrates the reconquest of Italy, performed by the Byzantine army under the skilful leadership of Belisarius himself. ... Gabrán mac Domangairt was king of Dál Riata in the middle of the 6th century. ... Dál Riata (also Dalriada or Dalriata) was a Goidelic kingdom on the western seaboard of Scotland and the northern coasts of Ireland, situated in the traditional Scottish and Northern Irish counties of Argyll, Bute and County Antrim. ...

Asia

• End of the Kofun era and beginning of the Asuka period, the second part of the Yamato period in Japan.

Kofun period (Japanese: 古墳時代, Kofun-jidai) is an era in the history of Japan from around AD 250 to 538. ... The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Yamato period. ... The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Yamato period. ...

By Topic

Religion

• Buddhism introduced formally into Japan (by some accounts; see also 552).

A replica of an ancient statue of Gautama Buddha, found in Sarnath, near Varanasi. ... Events July - Battle of Taginae: The Byzantine general Narses defeats and kills Totila, king of the Ostrogoths. ...

Births

• Emperor Bidatsu, emperor of Japan
• Gregory of Tours, bishop and historian
• Zhiyi, de facto founder of Tiantai Buddhism

Emperor Bidatsu (敏達天皇 Bidatsu Tennō) (538- September 14, 585) was the 30th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Saint Gregory of Tours (c. ... Zhiyi (智顗 Wade-Giles: Chih-i) (538 - 597) is traditionally listed as the fourth patriarch, but actually is the founder of the Tiantai sect of Buddhism in China. ... Tiantai (天台宗, Wade-Giles: Tien Tai) is one of the thirteen schools of Buddhism in China and Japan, also called the Lotus Sutra School because of its emphasis on the supremacy of that scripture. ... A replica of an ancient statue of Gautama Buddha, found in Sarnath, near Varanasi. ...

Deaths

• February 8 - Saint Severinus of Antioch, patriarch of Antioch
• Comgall mac Domangairt, King of Dál Riata