What is 1600?
{{Year nav|1600}} {{C18 year in topic}} '''1600''' ([[Roman numerals|MDC]]) was a [[century leap year]] [[Leap year starting on Saturday|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 == * [[Kingdom of Scotland|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 &ndash; Gracia Hosokawa * December 13 &ndash; Mitsunari Ishida == Births == *[[Charles I of England]] (d. [[1649]]) [[Category:1600| ]]