1603
Years:
1600
1601
1602
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1603
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1604
1605
1606
Decades
:
1570s
1580s
1590s
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1600s
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1610s
1620s
1630s
Centuries
:
16th century
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17th century
-
18th century
1603 in literature
1603 in science
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Events
March 24
- Death of
Elizabeth I of England
- her cousin king
James VI of Scotland
succeeds her uniting the crowns of Scotland and England
April 28
– Funeral of
Elizabeth I of England
in
Westminster Abbey
July 17
or
July 19
-
Sir Walter Raleigh
arrested for
treason
.
July 25
- Coronation of
James I of England
. By some criteria this was the start of the modern
Great Britain
November 17
- Sir
Walter Raleigh
goes on trial for
treason
in the converted Great hall of Winchester Castle
Change of
emperor
of the
Ottoman Empire
from
Mehmed III
(
1595
-1603) to
Ahmed I
(1603-
1617
)
Johann Bayer
's
Uranometria
, an atlas of the southern sky, is published.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
granted title of
shogun
from the emperor of
Japan
and establishes the Edo or
Tokugawa Shogunate
in
Edo
, Japan. This ends the
Azuchi-Momoyama period
and begins the
Edo period
.
Accademia dei Lincei
founded
Huguenot
Pierre de Gua is granted royal permission to settle in North America
Rebellion in
Transsylvania
Plague
in England
English crush Irish rebellion, Earl of Tyrone surrenders
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Births
Denis Gaultier
- A French lutenist and composer.
March 18
- King
John IV of Portugal
(d.
1656
)
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Deaths
March 24
- Queen
Elizabeth I of England
,
Wales
and
Ireland
.
Mehmed III
,
Ottoman Emperor