490s

Millennium:	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

Events

• Possible timing of King Arthur's victory over the Saxons.
• 493 – 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.

Births

• 495 - Amalasuntha

Deaths

• 496 – Pope Gelasius I