520

Decades: 470s - 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s

Years: 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525

• February 20 - Epiphanius elected Patriarch of Constantinople.
• Ostrogothic ruler Theodoric the Great builds the Mausoleum of Theodoric as his future tomb in Ravenna.
• The kingdom of East Anglia is formed (approximate date).

Deaths

• January 19 - John of Cappadocia, Patriarch of Constantinople