1597
year
1597 (MDXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1597th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 597th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 16th century, and the 8th year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1597, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1560s 1570s 1580s – 1590s – 1600s 1610s 1620s |
| Years: | 1594 1595 1596 – 1597 – 1598 1599 1600 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1597 MDXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2350 |
| Armenian calendar | 1046 ԹՎ ՌԽԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6347 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1518–1519 |
| Bengali calendar | 1004 |
| Berber calendar | 2547 |
| English Regnal year | 39 Eliz. 1 – 40 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2141 |
| Burmese calendar | 959 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7105–7106 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4293 or 4233 — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 4294 or 4234 |
| Coptic calendar | 1313–1314 |
| Discordian calendar | 2763 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1589–1590 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5357–5358 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1653–1654 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1518–1519 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4697–4698 |
| Holocene calendar | 11597 |
| Igbo calendar | 597–598 |
| Iranian calendar | 975–976 |
| Islamic calendar | 1005–1006 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō 2 (慶長２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1517–1518 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3930 |
| Minguo calendar | 315 before ROC 民前315年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 129 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2139–2140 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1723 or 1342 or 570 — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1724 or 1343 or 571 |
Events
change- 17 January – A court case in Guildford recorded evidence that a certain plot of land was used for playing “kreckett” (i.e., cricket) as early as 1550.
- January 24 – Battle of Turnhout. Maurice of Nassau defeats a Spanish force under Jean de Rie of Varas in the Netherlands
- February 5 – In Nagasaki, Japan, 26 people were martyred. They practiced Catholicism and were taken captive after all forms of Christianity were outlawed the previous year.
- The first opera is considered to have been written.
- Bali discovered by the Dutch explorer Cornelis Houtman
- Abbas I ends the Uzbek raids on his lands.
- Yaqob succeeds his father Sarsa Dengel as Emperor of Ethiopia
- First edition of Francis Bacon's Essays published.