Editing 495

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[[File:Shaolinsi.JPG|thumb|The [[Shaolin Monastery]] ([[Henan]])]]
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Year '''495''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDXCV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known in Rome as the '''Year of the Consulship of Viator without colleague''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1248 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 495 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Britannia ====
* [[Cerdic of Wessex]] and his son, [[Cynric of Wessex|Cynric]], land somewhere on the south coast, probably near the [[Hampshire]]-[[Dorset]] border.<ref>Myres, J. N. L. (1989). ''The English Settlements.'' Oxford University Press, pp. 146–147</ref> Their followers establish the beginnings of the [[Wessex|Kingdom of Wessex]].

==== China ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei|Xiao Wen Di]] of [[Northern Wei]] builds the [[Shaolin Monastery]] in [[Henan]] for the monk [[Batuo]] (for alternate founding date see [[477]] or [[497]]).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Pope Gelasius I]] gains support from Italian [[bishop]]s, in his assertion that the spiritual power of the [[Pope|papacy]] is superior to the emperor's temporal authority. Like his predecessors, the pope opposes the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperor [[Anastasius I (emperor)|Anastasius I]]'s efforts to establish [[Miaphysitism|Miaphysite]] doctrine.
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== Births ==
* Queen [[Amalasuintha]] of the [[Ostrogoths]] (approximate date)<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Jansen |first=Sharon L. |title=Amalasuintha of Italy, "An Ill-Fated Gothic Queen" |url=https://www.monstrousregimentofwomen.com/2022/04/amalasuintha-of-italy-ill-fated-gothic.html |access-date=2022-12-18}}</ref>
* King [[Chlodomer]] of the [[Franks]] (d. [[524]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chlodomer {{!}} Frankish Ruler, Burgundy War & Dynasty {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chlodomer |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Finnian of Movilla]], Irish [[bishop]] (d. [[589]])
* [[Guntheuc]], queen of [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] and the Franks (d. c. [[532]])
* [[Husi Chun]], general of [[Northern Wei]] (d. [[537]])
* King [[Theudebert I]] of [[Austrasia]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[Fráech mac Finchada]], [[List of kings of Leinster|king of Leinster]]

== References ==
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