504

This article is about the year 504. For other uses, see 504 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	480s 490s 500s 510s 520s
Years:	501 502 503 504 505 506 507

504 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	504 DIV
Ab urbe condita	1257
Assyrian calendar	5254
Balinese saka calendar	425–426
Bengali calendar	−89
Berber calendar	1454
Buddhist calendar	1048
Burmese calendar	−134
Byzantine calendar	6012–6013
Chinese calendar	癸未年 (Water Goat) 3201 or 2994     — to — 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3202 or 2995
Coptic calendar	220–221
Discordian calendar	1670
Ethiopian calendar	496–497
Hebrew calendar	4264–4265
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	560–561
- Shaka Samvat	425–426
- Kali Yuga	3604–3605
Holocene calendar	10504
Iranian calendar	118 BP – 117 BP
Islamic calendar	122 BH – 121 BH
Javanese calendar	390–391
Julian calendar	504 DIV
Korean calendar	2837
Minguo calendar	1408 before ROC 民前1408年
Nanakshahi calendar	−964
Seleucid era	815/816 AG
Thai solar calendar	1046–1047
Tibetan calendar	阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 630 or 249 or −523     — to — 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 631 or 250 or −522

City of Copán during the Maya civilization

Year 504 (DIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nicomachus without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1257 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 504 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• War with Sassanid Persia: Emperor Anastasius I gains the upper hand in Armenia, with the renewed investment of Amida.
• King Kavadh I hands over the fortress-city of Amida, and agrees to an armistice with the Byzantine Empire.

Europe

• King Theodoric the Great defeats the Gepids, and drives them out of their homeland (Pannonia).
• The Ostrogoths sack Belgrade, on the Danube and Sava rivers (modern Serbia).

Mesoamerica

• A major expansion of Copán's ceremonial center, the Acropolis complex, is undertaken by B'alam Nehn (Waterlily Jaguar), the seventh ruler (ajaw) of the southeastern Maya city (approximate date).

By topic

Religion

• Theodoric the Great builds the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, originally dedicated to Christ the Redeemer.

Deaths

• Muyal Jol, ruler of Copan