1608 (MDCVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
Decades: | 1570s 1580s 1590s – 1600s – 1610s 1620s 1630s |
Years: | 1605 1606 1607 – 1608 – 1609 1610 1611 |
Gregorian calendar | 1608 MDCVIII |
Ab urbe condita | 2361 |
Armenian calendar | 1057 ԹՎ ՌԾԷ |
Assyrian calendar | 6358 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1529–1530 |
Bengali calendar | 1015 |
Berber calendar | 2558 |
English Regnal year | 5 Ja. 1 – 6 Ja. 1 |
Buddhist calendar | 2152 |
Burmese calendar | 970 |
Byzantine calendar | 7116–7117 |
Chinese calendar | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4304 or 4244 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 4305 or 4245 |
Coptic calendar | 1324–1325 |
Discordian calendar | 2774 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1600–1601 |
Hebrew calendar | 5368–5369 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1664–1665 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1529–1530 |
- Kali Yuga | 4708–4709 |
Holocene calendar | 11608 |
Igbo calendar | 608–609 |
Iranian calendar | 986–987 |
Islamic calendar | 1016–1017 |
Japanese calendar | Keichō 13 (慶長13年) |
Javanese calendar | 1528–1529 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
Korean calendar | 3941 |
Minguo calendar | 304 before ROC 民前304年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 140 |
Thai solar calendar | 2150–2151 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1734 or 1353 or 581 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1735 or 1354 or 582 |

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Events
change- March 18 – Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia
- May 14 – Protestant Union founded in Auhausen.
- July 3 – Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain.
- August 24 – The first official English representative to India lands at Surat.
- October 2 – Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey demonstrates the first telescope in the Dutch parliament
- Swedish troops enter Moscow
- First cheques come to use in Netherlands
- Quebec city is founded by Samuel De Champlain