Years: 507 508 509 510 - 511 - 512 513 514 515

Decades: 480s 490s 500s - 510s - 520s 530s 540s

Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Events

• Frankish kingdom split in four after the death of Clovis I; Childebert I becomes king of Paris, Clotaire I becomes king of Soissons, Chlodomer becomes king of Orléans, and Theuderic I becomes king of Reims and Austrasia.
• On the death of their king Gesalec, Theodoric the Great assumes the regency of the Visigothic kingdom.
• Macedonius II is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople, replaced by Timothy I.
• There are riots in Antioch between supporters of Patriarch Flavian II and Byzantine emperor Anastasius I.

Deaths

• November 27- Clovis I, king of the Franks
• Gesalec, king of the Visigoths

See also

• 5-1-1