616
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This article is about the year 616. For the number (and other uses), see 616 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 580s 590s 600s – 610s – 620s 630s 640s |
| Years: | 613 614 615 – 616 – 617 618 619 |
| 616 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 616 DCXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1369 |
| Armenian calendar | 65 ԹՎ ԿԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5366 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1228–-1227 |
| Bengali calendar | 23 |
| Berber calendar | 1566 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1160 |
| Burmese calendar | -22 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6124–6125 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年十二月初七日 (3252/3312-12-7) — to —
丙子年十一月十八日(3253/3313-11-18) |
| Coptic calendar | 332–333 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 608–609 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4376–4377 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 672–673 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 538–539 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3717–3718 |
| Holocene calendar | 10616 |
| Iranian calendar | 6 BP – 5 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 6 BH – 5 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2949 |
| Minguo calendar | 1296 before ROC 民前1296年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1159 |
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Year 616 (DCXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 616 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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Eadbald succeeds Ethelbert as king of Kent.
- Aethelfrith of Northumbria defeats the army of Powys.
- Aethelfrith meets Rædwald and the army of East Anglia in the Battle of the River Idle, and is slain by Raedwald, which establishes his claim as Bretwalda.
- Edwin becomes king of Northumbria.
- Oswald of Northumbria flees to Iona.
- Adaloald succeeds his father Agilulf as king of the Lombards (approximate date).
- The Battle of Chester (Old Welsh: Guaith Caer Legion; Welsh: Brwydr Caer) which separated the (West) Welsh from the 'North' Welsh of Cumbria - marking the formation of Wales.
[edit] Africa
- Alexandria is captured by Khosrau II of Persia.
[edit] Asia
- Persians destroy the Asia Minor city of Sardis, including its synagogue.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- The Banu Hashim clan begins to boycott Muhammad.
- A shrine on the site of the future Westminster Abbey is founded.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- February 24 – Ethelbert, king of Kent and Bretwalda
- Aethelfrith, king of Northumbria (killed in battle)
- Anastasius, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
- Saebert, king of Essex (approximate date)
- Agilulf, king of the Lombards (approximate date)
- St. John the Merciful (approximate date)
- Empress Liu Jingyan
- Empress Yuan Humo
- Yuwen Shu
