495 CE

Cerdic of Wessex and his son, Cynric, land somewhere on the south coast, probably near the Hampshire-Dorset border. Their followers establish the beginnings of the Kingdom of Wessex. Pope Gelasius I gains support from Italian bishops, in his assertion that the spiritual power of the papacy is superior to the emperor's temporal authority. Like his predecessors, the pope opposes the Byzantine emperor Anastasius I's efforts to establish Miaphysite doctrine. Emperor Xiao Wen Di of Northern Wei builds the Shaolin Monastery in Henan for the monk Batuo (for alternate founding date see 477 or 497).

In the 490s, the 5th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Cerdic of Wessex and his son, Cynric, land somewhere on the south coast, probably near the Hampshire-Dorset border. Their followers establish the beginnings of the Kingdom of Wessex.source

Religion & Belief

  • Pope Gelasius I gains support from Italian bishops, in his assertion that the spiritual power of the papacy is superior to the emperor's temporal authority. Like his predecessors, the pope opposes the Byzantine emperor Anastasius I's efforts to establish Miaphysite doctrine.source
  • Emperor Xiao Wen Di of Northern Wei builds the Shaolin Monastery in Henan for the monk Batuo (for alternate founding date see 477 or 497).source

Births

  • King Theudebert I of Austrasia (approximate date)source
  • King Chlodomer of the Franks (died 524)source
  • Finnian of Movilla, Irish bishop (died 589)source
  • Queen Amalasuintha of the Ostrogoths (approximate date)source
  • Husi Chun, general of Northern Wei (died 537)source
  • Guntheuc, queen of Burgundy and the Franks (died c. 532)source

Deaths

  • Fráech mac Finchada, king of Leinstersource