1603

1603 (MDCIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Events

King James I of England/VI of Scotland, the first monarch to rule the Kingdoms of England and Scotland at the same time

January - June

• March - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, sails to Canada.
• March 24 - Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin\'s grandson, King James I of England, uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
• April 28 – Funeral of Elizabeth I of England in Westminster Abbey.

July - December

• July 17 or July 19 - Sir Walter Raleigh arrested for treason.
• July 25 - Coronation of James I of England.
• August - Samuel de Champlain returns to France
• November 17 - Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason in the converted Great Hall of Winchester Castle.
• December 22 - Mehmed III Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Ahmed I.

Undated

• Johann Bayer\'s Uranometria, an atlas of the southern sky, is published.
• Tokugawa Ieyasu granted title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yozei 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 Transylvania.
• Plague in England.
• English crush Irish rebellion. Hugh O\'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone surrenders.
• Yaqob deposed as Emperor of Ethiopia by Za Sellase, who appoints his cousin Za Dengel to replace him.

Births

• January - Shackerley Marmion, English dramatist (d. 1639)
• January 27 - Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)
• March 18
  • Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate (d. 1697)
  • King John IV of Portugal (d. 1656)
• April 19 - Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)
• June 17 - Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)
• July 11 - Kenelm Digby, English privateer and alchemist (d. 1665)
• July 23 - Axel Lillie, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1662)
• August 16 - Adam Olearius, German scholar (d. 1671)
• August 17 - Lennart Torstenson,Dutch solidier and military engineer (d. 1651)
• September 15 - Tokugawa Yorifusa, Japanese nobleman (d. 1661)
• October 10 - Abel Janszoon Tasman, a Dutch seafarer and explorer (d. 1659)
• November 16 - Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior of the Jasna Góra Monastery (d. 1673)
• December 21 - Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)
• date unknown
  • Louis Abelly, French monk and priest (died 1691)
  • John Ashburnham, English Member of Parliament (died 1671)
  • Daniel Blagrave, English Member of Parliament (died 1668)
  • Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (died 1669)
  • Valentin Conrart, one of the founders of the Académie française (died 1675)
  • Denis Gaultier, French lutenist and composer (died 1672)
• probable
  • Aernout van der Neer, Dutch painter (died 1677)
  • Alexandre de Prouville, French statesman and soldier (died 1670)

See also Category:1603 births.

Deaths

• January 15 - Catherine Carey, Lady in waiting to Elizabeth I of England
• February 23 - Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
• March 24 - Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. 1533)
• March 25 - Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1526)
• April 25 – George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1539)
• June - Baldassare Donato, Italian composer and singer (b. 1525)
• June 27 - Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop, writer, and diplomat (b. 1539)
• July 4 - Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer (b. 1521)
• September 8 - George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician (b. 1547)
• November 16 - Pierre Charron, French philosopher (b. 1541)
• November 20 – Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Lightning" Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman (b. 1547)
• December 9 - William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)
• December 10 - William Gilbert, English scientist (plague) (b. 1544)
• December 13 - François Viète, French mathematician (b. 1540)
• December 22 - Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (b. 1566)
• December 27 - Thomas Cartwright, English Puritan clergyman
• date unknown
  • Edward Fenton, English navigator
  • Ralph Lane, English explorer (b. 1530)
  • Aleksander Ostrogski, Polish nobleman (b. 1571)
  • Ikeda Tomomasa, Japanese military commander (b. 1544)
  • Chen Lin, general of Ming Dynasty
• probable
  • Grace O\'Malley, Irish noblewoman and pirate (b. 1530)
  • Idris Alooma.

See also Category:1603 deaths.

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