499

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 variouscalendars

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	Mậu DầnNăm (EarthTiger) 3196 or 2989 — to — Kỷ Mão năm (EarthRabbit) 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 beforeROC Dân trước 1413 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−969
Seleucid era	810/811AG
Thai solar calendar	1041–1042
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ hổ năm (male Earth-Tiger) 625 or 244 or −528 — to — Âm thổ thỏ năm (female Earth-Rabbit) 626 or 245 or −527

Year499(CDXCIX) was acommon year starting on Friday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship ofIohanneswithout colleague(or, less frequently,year 1252Ab urbe condita). The denomination 499 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

China

• April 26–Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Weidies ofstarvationin his capital atLuoyang,after a 27-year reign in which he hasSinicizedhis tribal relatives (Tuobaclan), created a Chinese-style government and instituted aland-reform program.
• Crown princeXuan Wu Di,age 16, succeeds his father Xiaowen and becomes emperor ofNorthern Wei.He appoints his uncleYuan Xieprovincialgovernor,who serves temporarily asregentto form a new government.

Middle East

• September– The499 Nicopolis earthquaketakes place in the borders between the regions ofMesopotamia,Pontus,andRoman Armenia.It affects the cities ofNicopolis,Neocaesarea (modernNiksar),Arsamosata,and Abarne, as well as the cultural areas ofAnatolia(Asia Minor) and Mesopotamia.

By topic

Religion

• March 1– During asynodinRome,which is attended by 72bishopsand all of the Roman clergy,Pope SymmachusmakesAntipope Laurentiusbishop of thediocese of NocerainCampania.

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 mathematicianAryabhatawrites his magnum opus, theĀryabhaṭīya.

Births

• Ingund,queen of theFranks(approximate date)
• Ly Thien Bao,emperor ofVietnam(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 ofNorthern 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