1598

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 century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1560s  1570s  1580s  – 1590s –  1600s  1610s  1620s
Years:	1595 1596 1597 – 1598 – 1599 1600 1601

1598 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1598 MDXCVIII
Ab urbe condita	2351
Armenian calendar	1047 ԹՎ ՌԽԷ
Assyrian calendar	6348
Balinese saka calendar	1519–1520
Bengali calendar	1005
Berber calendar	2548
English Regnal year	40 Eliz. 1 – 41 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2142
Burmese calendar	960
Byzantine calendar	7106–7107
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 4294 or 4234     — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 4295 or 4235
Coptic calendar	1314–1315
Discordian calendar	2764
Ethiopian calendar	1590–1591
Hebrew calendar	5358–5359
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1654–1655
- Shaka Samvat	1519–1520
- Kali Yuga	4698–4699
Holocene calendar	11598
Igbo calendar	598–599
Iranian calendar	976–977
Islamic calendar	1006–1007
Japanese calendar	Keichō 3 (慶長３年)
Javanese calendar	1518–1519
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3931
Minguo calendar	314 before ROC 民前314年
Nanakshahi calendar	130
Thai solar calendar	2140–2141
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

Events

• The Franco-Spanish War ends
• The Eighth War of Religion ends

Births

• April 17 – Giovanni Battista Riccioli
• Bonaventura Cavalieri