490s
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 4th century - 5th century - 6th century |
| Decades: | 460s 470s 480s - 490s - 500s 510s 520s |
| Years: | 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments |
[edit] Events and Trends
- Possible timing of King Arthur's victory over the Saxons.
- 493 — Possible death of Saint Patrick.
- 494 — Pope Gelasius I delineates the relationship between church and state.
- 494 — An earthquake devastates Latakia.
- 494 — Under Emperor Xiaowen the capital of Northern Wei, a state in China capital is moved from Datong to Luoyang, a city long acknowledged as a major center in Chinese history.
- 496 — Battle of Tolbiac; Clovis I defeats the Alamanni, accepts Catholic baptism at Rheims.
