The 490s decade ran from January 1, 490, to December 31, 499.

Significant people

Abba Afse ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish Supergroup (music), supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Ly ...

, Abuna of Ethiopia * Anastasius II, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, p. 496–498 * Mar Aqaq-Acace, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, 484–496 * Arthur, ''dux bellorum'' (leader of battles) and King of the Brythons of later legend *

Mar Babai I Mar, mar or MAR may refer to: Culture * Mar or Mor, an honorific in Syriac * Earl of Mar, an earldom in Scotland * MAA (singer) (born 1986), Japanese * Marathi language, by ISO 639-2 language code * March, as an abbreviation for the third month ...

, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, 497–503 *

Benedict of Nursia Benedict of Nursia ( la, Benedictus Nursiae; it, Benedetto da Norcia; 2 March AD 480 – 21 March AD 548) was an Italian Christian monk, writer, and theologian who is venerated in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Orient ...

, founder of Western

Christian monasticism Christian monasticism is the devotional practice of Christians who live ascetic and typically cloistered lives that are dedicated to Christian worship. It began to develop early in the history of the Christian Church, modeled upon scriptural e ...

* Cerdic of Wessex, Saxon invader and future king and founder of the Kingdom of Wessex *

Cynric of Wessex Cynric () was King of Wessex from 534 to 560. Everything known about him comes from the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle''. There, he is stated to have been the son of Cerdic, who is considered the founder of the kingdom of Wessex. However, the 'Genealogic ...

, Saxon invader and future king of Wessex * Euphemius, Patriarch of Constantinople, 489–495 *

Felix II Antipope Felix (died 22 November 365) was a Roman archdeacon in the 4th century who was installed irregularly in 355 as an antipope and reigned until 365 after Emperor Constantius II banished the then current pope, Liberius. Constantius, foll ...

(excluding Antipope Felix II), Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, p. 483–492 *

Gelasius I Pope Gelasius I was the bishop of Rome from 1 March 492 to his death on 19 November 496. Gelasius was a prolific author whose style placed him on the cusp between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.The title of his biography by Walter Ullma ...

, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, p. 492–496 * Macedonius II, Patriarch of Constantinople, 495–511 * Symmachus, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, p. 498–514

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