511
- Alternate uses: see 5-1-1.
Decades: 460s - 470s - 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s
Years: 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516
Events
- Frankishish kingdom split in four after the death of Clovis I; Childebert I becomes king of Paris, Clotaire I becomes king of Soissons, Chlodomer becomes king of Orleans, and Theuderic I becomes king of Reims and Austrasia.
- On the death of their king Gesalec, Theodoric the Great assumes the regency of the Visigothic kingdom.
- Macedonius II is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople, replaced by Timothy I.
- There are riots in Antioch between supporters of Patriarch Flavian II and Byzantine emperor Anastasius I.
Deaths
- November 27- Clovis I, king of the Franks
- Gesalec, king of the Visigoths