This article is about the year 502. For other uses, see 502 (disambiguation).
| Centuries: | 5th century · 6th century · 7th century |
| Decades: | 470s 480s 490s 500s 510s 520s 530s |
| Years: | 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 |
| 502 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 502 DII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1255 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1342 – -1341 |
| Berber calendar | 1452 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1046 |
| Burmese calendar | -136 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6010 – 6011 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛巳年十二月初七日 (3138/3198-12-7) — to —
壬午年十一月十七日(3139/3199-11-17) |
| Coptic calendar | 218 – 219 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 494 – 495 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4262 – 4263 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 557 – 558 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 424 – 425 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3603 – 3604 |
| Holocene calendar | 10502 |
| Iranian calendar | 120 BP – 119 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 124 BH – 123 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2835 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1045 |
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- War breaks out between the Byzantine Empire and Persia.
Asia
- The Southern Qi Dynasty ends and the Liang Dynasty begins in southern China. Liang Wu Di succeeds Qi He Di.
- Wu-Ti becomes Emperor of China (502–549).
By topic
Arts and sciences
- The Persian philosopher Mazdak declares private property to be the source of all evil.
Religion
- 23 October—The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, clears Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
Births
Deaths
- Emperor He of Southern Qi
- Narsai of Mealletha, Syrian poet
- Vakhtang I Gorgasali, Georgian king and saint
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