1610

year

1610 (MDCX)was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1610th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 610th year of the 2nd millennium, the 10th year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1610s decade. As of the start of 1610, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:2nd millennium
Centuries:16th century17th century18th century
Decades: 1580s  1590s  1600s  – 1610s –  1620s  1630s  1640s
Years:1607 1608 160916101611 1612 1613
1610 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1610
MDCX
Ab urbe condita2363
Armenian calendar1059
ԹՎ ՌԾԹ
Assyrian calendar6360
Balinese saka calendar1531–1532
Bengali calendar1017
Berber calendar2560
English Regnal yearJa. 1 – 8 Ja. 1
Buddhist calendar2154
Burmese calendar972
Byzantine calendar7118–7119
Chinese calendar己酉(Earth Rooster)
4306 or 4246
    — to —
庚戌年 (Metal Dog)
4307 or 4247
Coptic calendar1326–1327
Discordian calendar2776
Ethiopian calendar1602–1603
Hebrew calendar5370–5371
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1666–1667
 - Shaka Samvat1531–1532
 - Kali Yuga4710–4711
Holocene calendar11610
Igbo calendar610–611
Iranian calendar988–989
Islamic calendar1018–1019
Japanese calendarKeichō 15
(慶長15年)
Javanese calendar1530–1531
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3943
Minguo calendar302 before ROC
民前302年
Nanakshahi calendar142
Thai solar calendar2152–2153
Tibetan calendar阴土鸡年
(female Earth-Rooster)
1736 or 1355 or 583
    — to —
阳金狗年
(male Iron-Dog)
1737 or 1356 or 584

Events

  • Johannes Fabricius is the first to observe sunspots by telescope.
  • Poland captures Moscow, just to lose it again to Russian and Swedish troops.
  • In Jamestown, Virginia, only 60 out of 500 settlers survive the harsh winter
  • King of France expelled Muslims from his realm.
  • Henry Hudson discovers Hudson Bay
  • Arabella Stuart, pretender to the English throne, imprisoned for marrying William Seymour
  • The Orion Nebula is discovered by Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc.
  • Bonham's Case decided by Edward Coke chief justice of England's Court of Common Pleas. Coke affirmed the supremacy of the common law which limited the power of Parliament as well as the king.