1598 (MDXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1598th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 598th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 16th century, and the 9th year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1598, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 15th century16th century17th century
Decades: 1560s  1570s  1580s  – 1590s –  1600s  1610s  1620s
Years: 1595 1596 159715981599 1600 1601
1598 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1598
MDXCVIII
Ab urbe condita2351
Armenian calendar1047
ԹՎ ՌԽԷ
Assyrian calendar6348
Balinese saka calendar1519–1520
Bengali calendar1005
Berber calendar2548
English Regnal year40 Eliz. 1 – 41 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar2142
Burmese calendar960
Byzantine calendar7106–7107
Chinese calendar丁酉(Fire Rooster)
4294 or 4234
    — to —
戊戌年 (Earth Dog)
4295 or 4235
Coptic calendar1314–1315
Discordian calendar2764
Ethiopian calendar1590–1591
Hebrew calendar5358–5359
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1654–1655
 - Shaka Samvat1519–1520
 - Kali Yuga4698–4699
Holocene calendar11598
Igbo calendar598–599
Iranian calendar976–977
Islamic calendar1006–1007
Japanese calendarKeichō 3
(慶長3年)
Javanese calendar1518–1519
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3931
Minguo calendar314 before ROC
民前314年
Nanakshahi calendar130
Thai solar calendar2140–2141
Tibetan calendar阴火鸡年
(female Fire-Rooster)
1724 or 1343 or 571
    — to —
阳土狗年
(male Earth-Dog)
1725 or 1344 or 572

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