1603

1603 (MDCIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1603rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 603rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 3rd year of the 17th century, and the 4th year of the 1600s decade. As of the start of 1603, 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:	1600 1601 1602 – 1603 – 1604 1605 1606

1603 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1603 MDCIII
Ab urbe condita	2356
Armenian calendar	1052 ԹՎ ՌԾԲ
Assyrian calendar	6353
Balinese saka calendar	1524–1525
Bengali calendar	1010
Berber calendar	2553
English Regnal year	45 Eliz. 1 – 1 Ja. 1
Buddhist calendar	2147
Burmese calendar	965
Byzantine calendar	7111–7112
Chinese calendar	壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4299 or 4239     — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4300 or 4240
Coptic calendar	1319–1320
Discordian calendar	2769
Ethiopian calendar	1595–1596
Hebrew calendar	5363–5364
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1659–1660
- Shaka Samvat	1524–1525
- Kali Yuga	4703–4704
Holocene calendar	11603
Igbo calendar	603–604
Iranian calendar	981–982
Islamic calendar	1011–1012
Japanese calendar	Keichō 8 (慶長８年)
Javanese calendar	1523–1524
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3936
Minguo calendar	309 before ROC 民前309年
Nanakshahi calendar	135
Thai solar calendar	2145–2146
Tibetan calendar	阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1729 or 1348 or 576     — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 1730 or 1349 or 577

Events

• April 28 – Funeral of Elizabeth I of England

Births

• March 18 – John IV of Portugal
• Abel Tasman

Deaths

• March 24 – Elizabeth I of England