616
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This article is about the year 616. For the number, see 616 (number).
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 |
Bahá'í calendar | -1228 – -1227 |
Berber calendar | 1566 |
Buddhist calendar | 1160 |
Burmese calendar | -22 |
Chinese calendar | 3252/3312-12-7 (乙亥年十二月初七日) — to —
3253/3313-11-18(丙子年十一月十八日) |
Coptic calendar | 332 – 333 |
Ethiopian calendar | 608 – 609 |
Hebrew calendar | 4376 – 4377 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 671 – 672 |
- 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 |
Thai solar calendar | 1159 |
[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).
[edit] Africa
- Alexandria is captured by Khosrau II of Persia.
[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