upright=1.35|thumb|King Edwin of Northumbria (616–633) __NOTOC__ Year 616 (DCXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday 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.
upright=135|thumb|King Edwin of Northumbria (616–633) __NOTOC__ Year 616 (DCXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday 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.