1599 (MDXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1599th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 599th year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th year of the 16th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1599, 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: 1596 1597 159815991600 1601 1602
1599 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1599
MDXCIX
Ab urbe condita2352
Armenian calendar1048
ԹՎ ՌԽԸ
Assyrian calendar6349
Balinese saka calendar1520–1521
Bengali calendar1006
Berber calendar2549
English Regnal year41 Eliz. 1 – 42 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar2143
Burmese calendar961
Byzantine calendar7107–7108
Chinese calendar戊戌(Earth Dog)
4295 or 4235
    — to —
己亥年 (Earth Pig)
4296 or 4236
Coptic calendar1315–1316
Discordian calendar2765
Ethiopian calendar1591–1592
Hebrew calendar5359–5360
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1655–1656
 - Shaka Samvat1520–1521
 - Kali Yuga4699–4700
Holocene calendar11599
Igbo calendar599–600
Iranian calendar977–978
Islamic calendar1007–1008
Japanese calendarKeichō 4
(慶長4年)
Javanese calendar1519–1520
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3932
Minguo calendar313 before ROC
民前313年
Nanakshahi calendar131
Thai solar calendar2141–2142
Tibetan calendar阳土狗年
(male Earth-Dog)
1725 or 1344 or 572
    — to —
阴土猪年
(female Earth-Pig)
1726 or 1345 or 573

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