516
Year 516 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Petrus without colleague. 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, raids the Lower Rhine, and is defeated by a Frankish force led by Theudebert.
- King Gundobad of the Burgundians dies peacefully after a 43-year reign, and is succeeded by his eldest son Sigismund.
Great Britain
- Battle of Badon, British defeat of the Saxons, traditionally associated with King Arthur
Vietnam
- Emperor Wu appoints Lý Tắc, a Jiaozhou's state official, as the governor. Lý Tắc then suppresses the rebellion of Lý Tông Lão, a former subordinate of Lý Nguyên Khải, the previous governor of Jiaozhou, then beheads him to bring his head to Jiankang, as an offering to the emperor.
By topic
Religion
- November 6 - The Council of Tarragona is held.
Births
- Athalaric, king of the Ostrogoths
- Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Irish bishop
Deaths
- Gundobad, king of the Burgundians
- Hygelac, king of the Geats
- John, Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria
- Oisc, king of Kent