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Year '''516''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Petrus (consul 516)|Petrus]] without colleague''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1269 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 516 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 ===
==== Europe ====
* [[Hygelac]], [[king of the Geats]] ([[Lands of Sweden|Sweden]]), raids the [[Lower Rhine]], and is defeated by a [[Franks|Frankish]] force led by [[Theudebert I|Theudebert]] (according to the [[Gregory of Tours|"History of the Franks"]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heorot.dk/beowulf-rede-notes.html#e1202|title=Beowulf on Steorarume}}</ref> 
* King [[Gundobad]] of the [[Burgundians]] dies peacefully after a 43-year reign, and is succeeded by his eldest son [[Sigismund of Burgundy|Sigismund]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[November 6]] &ndash; The [[Council of Tarragona]] (modern [[Spain]]) is held. 
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== Births ==
* [[Athalaric]], king of the [[Ostrogoths]] (d. [[534]])
* [[Ciarán of Clonmacnoise]], Irish [[bishop]] (d. [[546]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Gundobad]], king of the [[Burgundians]]
* [[Hygelac]], king of the [[Geats]] (approximate date)
* [[Pope John II (III) of Alexandria|John]], [[List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria]]
* [[Oisc of Kent|Oisc]], [[Kingdom of Kent|king of Kent]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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