1600

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1570s  1580s  1590s  – 1600s –  1610s  1620s  1630s
Years:	1597 1598 1599 – 1600 – 1601 1602 1603

1600 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1600 MDC
Ab urbe condita	2353
Armenian calendar	1049 ԹՎ ՌԽԹ
Assyrian calendar	6350
Balinese saka calendar	1521–1522
Bengali calendar	1007
Berber calendar	2550
English Regnal year	42 Eliz. 1 – 43 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2144
Burmese calendar	962
Byzantine calendar	7108–7109
Chinese calendar	己亥年 (Earth Pig) 4296 or 4236     — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4297 or 4237
Coptic calendar	1316–1317
Discordian calendar	2766
Ethiopian calendar	1592–1593
Hebrew calendar	5360–5361
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1656–1657
- Shaka Samvat	1521–1522
- Kali Yuga	4700–4701
Holocene calendar	11600
Igbo calendar	600–601
Iranian calendar	978–979
Islamic calendar	1008–1009
Japanese calendar	Keichō 5 (慶長５年)
Javanese calendar	1520–1521
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3933
Minguo calendar	312 before ROC 民前312年
Nanakshahi calendar	132
Thai solar calendar	2142–2143
Tibetan calendar	阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 1726 or 1345 or 573     — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1727 or 1346 or 574

1600 (MDC) was a century leap year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar. It was the 1600th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 600th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 16th century, and the first year of the 1600s. The Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar as of the start of the year. The Julian calendar remained in localized use until 1923.

This was the last century leap year until the year 2000.

Events

• Scotland adopts the Gregorian Calendar
• The Polish-Swedish War begins
• October 8 – San Marino adopts its constitution
• October 30- Sekigahara- Ieyasu unifies Japan after warring sates period by defeating the western army, lead by Mitsunari Ishida.

Deaths

• September 16 – Gracia Hosokawa
• December 13 – Mitsunari Ishida

Births

• Charles I of England (d. 1649)