Year 516 (DXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Petrus without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1269 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 516 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Europe Hygelac, king of the Geats (Sweden), raids the Lower Rhine and is defeated by a Frankish force led by Theudebert (according to the "History of the Franks"). King Gundobad of the Burgundians dies peacefully after a 43-year reign, and is succeeded by his eldest son Sigismund. By topic Religion November 6 – The Council of Tarragona (modern Spain) is held. Births Athalaric, king of the Ostrogoths (d. 534) Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Irish bishop (d. 546) Deaths Gundobad, king of the Burgundians Hygelac, king of the Geats (approximate date) John, Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria Oisc, king of Kent (approximate date) References