490s

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Millennia:	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.