616
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Years:
612
613
614
615
-
616
-
617
618
619
620
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Decades
:
580s
590s
600s
-
610s
-
620s
630s
640s
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Centuries
:
6th century
-
7th century
-
8th century
Events
The
Persians
capture
Alexandria
.
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
, 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).
Alexandria
is captured by
Khosrau II of Persia
.
The
Banu Hashim
clan begins to boycott
Muhammad
.
A shrine on the site of the future
Westminster Abbey
is founded.
Births
Deaths
February 24
-
Ethelbert
, king of
Kent
and
Bretwalda
Aethelfrith
, king of
Northumbria
(killed in battle)
Saebert
, king of
Essex
(approximate date)
Agilulf
, king of the
Lombards
(approximate date)
St. John the Merciful
(approximate date)
The Number of the Beast
616 is believed by some Christians to be the real number of the beast or
Antichrist
.
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