497

Events 
 By place 
 Eastern Roman Empire 
 Isaurian War: the Isaurian rebels are defeated.

 Europe 
 The Alemanni are defeated by the Franks under Clovis I near Bonn.

 Asia 
 The Shaolin Temple is founded. For alternate founding date, see 477).

 By topic 
 Arts and sciences 
 Aryabhata, an Indian astronomer and mathematician, calculates pi (π) as ≈ 62832/20000 = 3.1416, correct to four rounded-off decimal places.

 Births 
 Abdul Mutallib, son of Hashim
 Chloderic, son of Clovis I

 Deaths 
 Hashim, great-grandfather of Muhammad, (possibly in Gaza)
 Yuan Xun

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