1600 35017 225172060 2008-07-12T07:38:05Z AssegaiAli 5505831 /* Events of 1600 */ volcano {{year nav|1600}} {{C16YearInTopicX}} {{otheruses-number}} Year '''1600''' was a [[leap year starting on Saturday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] (or a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] of the 10-day slower [[Julian calendar]]). == Events of 1600 == === January - June === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Scotland]] adopts [[January 1]] as [[New Year's Day]]. <!--IMAGE-->[[Image:Slag bij Nieuwpoort.jpg|thumb|220px|right| [[July 2]]: [[Battle of Nieuwpoort]].]] * [[February 17]] - [[Giordano Bruno]] is burned at the stake for [[Christian heresy|heresy]] in [[Rome]]. * [[February 19]] - [[Huaynaputina]] volcano undergoes a catastrophic eruption, the worst to be recorded in South America. * [[May 6]] - Prince [[Sigismund Bathory]] of [[Transylvania]] loses the city of [[Suceava]] to the Voivode [[Michael the Brave]] of [[Wallachia]], during the internecine conflict in Hungary and the Danubian Principalities. For the first time, [[Transylvania]], [[Moldavia]], and [[Wallachia]] became one country (the actual [[Romania]]). However, the union ends one year later when [[Michael the Brave]] is killed. === July - December === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 2]] - [[Battle of Nieuwpoort]]: Dutch forces under [[Maurice of Nassau]] defeat [[Spain|Spanish]] forces under [[Archduke Albert of Austria (1559-1621)|Archduke Albert of Austria]] in a battle on the coastal dunes. * [[July 10]] - [[Tycho Brahe|Tycho]] observes a [[solar eclipse]] from Benatký. Shortly afterwards, he moves to [[Prague]]. * [[July]] - Astronomer [[Longomontanus]] arrives in [[Prague]], where he works with the Moon orbital theory; he brings the rest of Tycho's astronomical instruments with him. (All arrive by [[November 10]]). <!--IMAGE-->[[Image:Sekigaharascreen.jpg|thumb|220px|right| [[October 21]]: [[Battle of Sekigahara]].]] * [[October]] - [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor]], shows the first signs of his growing mental instability. * [[October 6]] - [[Jacopo Peri]]'s ''[[Euridice (opera)|Euridice]]'', the earliest surviving [[opera]], is premiered in [[Florence]]. * [[October 8]] - [[San Marino]] gains its written constitution. * [[October 21]] - [[Battle of Sekigahara]] in [[Japan]]: [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] defeats [[Ishida Mitsunari]], setting the stage for the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. This ends the [[Azuchi-Momoyama period]] and begins the [[Edo period]]. * [[December 14]] - The [[Spain|Spanish]] [[galleon]] ''[[San Diego (ship)|San Diego]]'' is sunk off the [[Philippines]]. * [[December 31]] - A [[Royal charter]] incorporates the [[British East India Company]] in [[London]]. <!--IMAGE-->[[Image:MND title page.jpg|thumb|105px|right| [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]].]] ===Undated=== * [[Sumo|Sumo wrestling]] becomes a professional sport in [[Japan]]. * [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' is first performed and his play ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' is published. * [[William Gilbert]] publishes ''[[De Magnete]]'', which describes the Earth's [[magnetic field]] and is the beginning of modern [[Geomagnetism]]. * [[Fabritio Caroso]]'s ''Nobiltà de dame'' is published. * [[Ulster]] chieftains, with the lead of [[Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone]], resist the English reconquest of [[Ireland]]. *[[Konoike Shinroku]] establishes a sake brewery in [[Konoike]]. ==Births== {{Year in other calendars}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Friedrich Spanheim]], Dutch theologian (d. [[1649]]) * [[January 17]] - [[Pedro Calderón de la Barca]], Spanish playwright (d. [[1681]]) * [[January 28]] - [[Pope Clement IX]] (d. [[1669]]) * [[February]] - [[Edmund Calamy the Elder]], English presbyterian (d. [[1666]]) * [[February 2]] - [[Gabriel Naudé]], French librarian and scholar (d. [[1653]]) * [[March 3]] - [[George Ghica]], Prince of [[Wallachia]] (d. [[1664]]) * [[May 13]] - [[Empress Xiao Duan Wen]] of the Qing Dynasty (d. [[1649]]) * [[August 16]] - [[Maria Celeste]], nun, daughter of [[Galileo Galilei]] * [[November]] - [[John Lennon]], English writer and cartographer (d. [[1676]]) * [[November 19]] **[[Leo Aitzema]], Dutch historian and statesman (d. [[1669]]) **King [[Charles I of England]], Scotland, and Ireland (ex. [[1649]]) *''date unknown'' **[[Marin le Roy de Gomberville]], French poet and novelist (d. [[1674]]) **[[Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet]], English Royalist leader (d. [[1658]]) **[[Peter Heylin]], English ecclesiastical writer (d. [[1662]]) **[[Antoine de Laloubère]], French Jesuit mathematician (d. [[1664]]) **[[Anna Alojza Ostrogska]], Polish noblewoman (d. [[1654]]) **[[William Prynne]], English puritan politician (d. [[1669]]) **[[Brian Walton (bishop)|Brian Walton]], English divine and scholar (d. [[1661]]) *''probable'' ** [[Jonas Bronck]], Swedish colonist in America (d. [[1643]]) ** [[Piaras Feiritéar]], Irish language poet (d. [[1653]]) ** [[Samuel Rutherford]], Scottish theologian and controversialist (d. [[1660]]) : ''See also [[:Category:1600 births]].'' ==Deaths== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[February 13]] - [[Gian Paolo Lomazzo]], Italian painter (b. [[1538]]) * [[February 17]] - [[Giordano Bruno]], Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. [[1548]]) * [[April]] - [[Thomas Deloney]], English writer (b. [[1543]]) * [[July 17]] - [[Hosokawa Gracia]], Japanese noblewoman (b. [[1563]]) * [[August 5]] - [[John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie]], Scottish conspirator (b. [[1577]]) * [[August 27]] - [[Mizuno Tadashige]], Japanese nobleman (b. [[1541]]) * [[September 1]] - [[Tadeáš Hájek]], Czech physician and astronomer (b. [[1525]]) * [[September 26]] - [[Claude Le Jeune]], French composer (b. [[1530]]) * [[October 12]] - [[Luis Molina]], Spanish Jesuit (b. [[1535]]) * [[October 21]] - [[Toda Katsushige]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1557]]) * [[November 3]] - [[Richard Hooker (theologian)|Richard Hooker]], Anglican theologian (b. [[1554]]) * [[November 6]] - [[Ishida Mitsunari]], Japanese feudal lord (decapitated) (b. [[1560]]) * [[November 6]] - [[Konishi Yukinaga]], Japanese Christian warlord (b. [[1555]]) * [[November 8]] - [[Natsuka Masaie]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1562]]) * [[November 17]] - [[Kuki Yoshitaka]], Japanese naval commander (b. [[1542]]) *''date unknown'' **[[José de Acosta]], Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist (b. [[1540]]) **[[Abe Masakatsu]], Japanese nobleman (b. [[1541]]) **Antonio Monserrate, Spanish Jesuit (b. [[1536]]) : ''See also [[:Category:1600 deaths]].'' ==References== *[[Jackson J. Spielvogel|Spielvogel]] -- ''Western Civilization -- Volume II: Since 1500'' (5th Edition), p.401 [[Category:1600| ]] [[af:1600]] [[am:1600 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1600]] [[an:1600]] [[ast:1600]] [[az:1600]] [[bn:১৬০০]] [[map-bms:1600]] [[be:1600]] [[be-x-old:1600]] [[bh:१६००]] [[bs:1600]] [[br:1600]] [[bg:1600]] [[ca:1600]] [[cv:1600]] [[cs:1600]] [[co:1600]] [[cy:1600]] [[da:1600]] [[de:1600]] [[et:1600]] [[el:1600]] [[es:1600]] [[eo:1600]] [[eu:1600]] [[fr:1600]] [[fy:1600]] [[fur:1600]] [[ga:1600]] [[gd:1600]] [[gl:1600]] [[ko:1600년]] [[hy:1600]] [[hi:1600]] [[hr:1600.]] [[io:1600]] [[bpy:মারি ১৬০০]] [[id:1600]] [[ia:1600]] [[os:1600]] [[is:1600]] [[it:1600]] [[he:1600]] [[jv:1600]] [[ka:1600]] [[sw:1600]] [[ht:1600 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[la:1600]] [[lb:1600]] [[lt:XVI amžiaus 10-as dešimtmetis#1600]] [[lmo:1600]] [[hu:1600]] [[mk:1600]] [[mi:1600]] [[mr:इ.स. १६००]] [[ms:1600]] [[nah:1600]] [[nl:1600]] [[new:१६००]] [[ja:1600年]] [[nap:1600]] [[no:1600]] [[nn:1600]] [[nrm:1600]] [[nov:1600]] [[oc:1600]] [[uz:1600]] [[pi:१६००]] [[nds:1600]] [[pl:1600]] [[pt:1600]] [[ksh:Joohr 1600]] [[ro:1600]] [[ru:1600 год]] [[sa:१६००]] [[sq:1600]] [[scn:1600]] [[simple:1600]] [[sk:1600]] [[sl:1600]] [[sr:1600]] [[su:1600]] [[fi:1600]] [[sv:1600]] [[tl:1600]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2143]] [[tr:1600]] [[uk:1600]] [[vec:1600]] [[vo:1600]] [[zh-yue:1600年]] [[zh:1600年]]