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).
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 (d. 524)source
- Finnian of Movilla, Irish bishop (d. 589)source
- Queen Amalasuintha of the Ostrogoths (approximate date)source
- Husi Chun, general of Northern Wei (d. 537)source
- Guntheuc, queen of Burgundy and the Franks (d. c. 532)source
Deaths
- Fráech mac Finchada, king of Leinstersource