499

Year 499 (CDXCIX) was a common 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 Iohannes without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1252 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 499 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century 5th century 6th century
Decades:	470s 480s 490s 500s 510s
Years:	496 497 498 499 500 501 502

499 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	499 CDXCIX
Ab urbe condita	1252
Assyrian calendar	5249
Balinese saka calendar	420–421
Bengali calendar	−94
Berber calendar	1449
Buddhist calendar	1043
Burmese calendar	−139
Byzantine calendar	6007–6008
Chinese calendar	戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3196 or 2989     — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3197 or 2990
Coptic calendar	215–216
Discordian calendar	1665
Ethiopian calendar	491–492
Hebrew calendar	4259–4260
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	555–556
- Shaka Samvat	420–421
- Kali Yuga	3599–3600
Holocene calendar	10499
Iranian calendar	123 BP – 122 BP
Islamic calendar	127 BH – 126 BH
Javanese calendar	385–386
Julian calendar	499 CDXCIX
Korean calendar	2832
Minguo calendar	1413 before ROC 民前1413年
Nanakshahi calendar	−969
Seleucid era	810/811 AG
Thai solar calendar	1041–1042
Tibetan calendar	阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 625 or 244 or −528     — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 626 or 245 or −527

Events

By place

China

• April 26 – Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei dies of starvation in his capital at Luoyang, after a 27-year reign in which he has Sinicized his tribal relatives (Tuoba clan), created a Chinese-style government and instituted a land-reform program.
• Crown prince Xuan Wu Di, age 16, succeeds his father Xiaowen and becomes emperor of Northern Wei. He appoints his uncle Yuan Xie provincial governor, who serves temporarily as regent to form a new government.

Middle East

• September – The 499 Nicopolis earthquake takes place in the borders between the regions of Mesopotamia, Pontus, and Roman Armenia. It affects the cities of Nicopolis, Neocaesarea (modern Niksar), Arsamosata, and Abarne, as well as the cultural areas of Anatolia (Asia Minor) and Mesopotamia.

By topic

Religion

• March 1 – During a synod in Rome, which is attended by 72 bishops and all of the Roman clergy, Pope Symmachus makes Antipope Laurentius bishop of the diocese of Nocera in Campania.

Major wars and battles in Europe

In 499, the Bulgars crossed Danube and reached Thrace where on the banks of the river Tzurta (considered a tributary of Maritsa) they defeated 15,000 men strong Roman army led by magister militum Aristus. Often overlooked due to the Battle of Ongal (180 years later), the 499-500 AD events demonstrate not only the strength and ambition of the Bulgars to rule over the lower Danube and South-East European lands, but also that their origins historically date back to the late antiquity and not the early medieval ages as is often considered.

Mathematics

• Indian mathematician Aryabhata writes his magnum opus, the Āryabhaṭīya.

Births

• Ingund, queen of the Franks (approximate date)
• Ly Thien Bao, emperor of Vietnam (d. 555)
• Maximianus, bishop of Ravenna (d. 556)

Deaths

• April 26 – Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 467)
• Feng Run, Chinese empress of Northern Wei

Sources

• Guidoboni, Emanuela; Traina, Giusto (1995), "A new catalogue of earthquakes in the historical Armenian area from antiquity to the 12th century", Annals of Geophysics, 38, doi:10.4401/ag-4134