1604
year
1604 (MDCIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1604th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 604th year of the 2nd millennium, the 4th year of the 17th century, and the 5th year of the 1600s decade. As of the start of 1604, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1570s 1580s 1590s – 1600s – 1610s 1620s 1630s |
| Years: | 1601 1602 1603 – 1604 – 1605 1606 1607 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1604 MDCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2357 |
| Armenian calendar | 1053 ԹՎ ՌԾԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6354 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1525–1526 |
| Bengali calendar | 1011 |
| Berber calendar | 2554 |
| English Regnal year | 1 Ja. 1 – 2 Ja. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2148 |
| Burmese calendar | 966 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7112–7113 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4300 or 4240 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 4301 or 4241 |
| Coptic calendar | 1320–1321 |
| Discordian calendar | 2770 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1596–1597 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5364–5365 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1660–1661 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1525–1526 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4704–4705 |
| Holocene calendar | 11604 |
| Igbo calendar | 604–605 |
| Iranian calendar | 982–983 |
| Islamic calendar | 1012–1013 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō 9 (慶長９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1524–1525 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3937 |
| Minguo calendar | 308 before ROC 民前308年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 136 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2146–2147 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 1730 or 1349 or 577 — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 1731 or 1350 or 578 |
Events
change- January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans
- September 20 – Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three-year siege.
- October 9 – Supernova 1604 is observed. As of this writing, this was the last supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
- November 1 – At Whitehall Palace in London, the William Shakespeare tragedy Othello is presented for the first time.
- The Sikh Holy Scripture Guru Granth Sahib is compiled and edited by Guru Arjan .
- Luis Váez de Torres is the first European to sail through the Torres Strait.
- France begins settling Acadia, first successful French North American colony
- France begins settling French Guiana.
- England concludes the Treaty of London with Spain, ending its involvement in the Eighty Years' War.
- Peter Blundell founds Blundell's School in Tiverton, England.
- Za Dengel deposed as Emperor of Ethiopia by Za Sellase, who restores his cousin Yaqob.
- The first known English Dictionary to be organized by alphabetical ordering was published.