Centuries - Year in Review 17th Century - Year in Review 18th Century
16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:1590s - 1600s - 1610s,1620s,1630s,1640s,1650s,1660s,1670s,1680s,1690s
1599 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609
1602 1603 1604 - decade 1600s - 17th century
Events:
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mehmed III (1595-1603) to Ahmed I (1603-1617)
- James VI of Scotland succeeded his cousin Elizabeth I as king of England (taking the name James I).
- Johann Bayer's Uranometria, an atlas of the southern sky, is published.
- End of Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan, beginning of Edo period.
Births:
Deaths:
- Elizabeth I, English queen.