506

Centuries:	5th century · 6th century · 7th century
Decades:	470s 480s 490s 500s 510s 520s 530s
Years:	503 504 505 506 507 508 509

506 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	506 DVI
Ab urbe condita	1259
Assyrian calendar	5256
Balinese saka calendar	427–428
Bengali calendar	−87
Berber calendar	1456
Buddhist calendar	1050
Burmese calendar	−132
Byzantine calendar	6014–6015
Chinese calendar	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3203 or 2996     — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3204 or 2997
Coptic calendar	222–223
Discordian calendar	1672
Ethiopian calendar	498–499
Hebrew calendar	4266–4267
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	562–563
- Shaka Samvat	427–428
- Kali Yuga	3606–3607
Holocene calendar	10506
Iranian calendar	116 BP – 115 BP
Islamic calendar	120 BH – 119 BH
Javanese calendar	392–393
Julian calendar	506 DVI
Korean calendar	2839
Minguo calendar	1406 before ROC 民前1406年
Nanakshahi calendar	−962
Seleucid era	817/818 AG
Thai solar calendar	1048–1049
Tibetan calendar	阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 632 or 251 or −521     — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 633 or 252 or −520

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• The Byzantine Empire and Persia accept a peace agreement based on status quo.
• The city of Dara in Mesopotamia is fortified by emperor Anastasius I as a frontier against Persia.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• The Breviary of Alaric, a collection of Roman law, is compiled.

Religion

• September 10—The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.

Fiction

• The time that King Arthur is supposed to take place.

Births

• Sanghapala, Mon-Khmer monk (d. 518)
• Wei Shou
• Empress Zhang Yao'er