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Calendar year
February 25 : The first permanent Dutch trading post in
Indonesia is established in
Banten .
July 25 :
James I is crowned as King of
England .
1603 (
MDCIII ) was a
common year starting on Wednesday of the
Gregorian calendar and a
common year starting on Saturday of the
Julian calendar , the 1603rd year of the
Common Era (CE) and
Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 603rd year of the
2nd millennium , the 3rd year of the
17th century , and the 4th year of the
1600s decade. As of the start of 1603, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Calendar year
Events
January–March
April–June
April 27 – The first permanent Dutch trading post in
Indonesia is established in
Banten by Vice Admiral Wybrand van Warwijck, who sets up a factory to store and package the trading commodity
black pepper .
April 28 – The funeral of
Elizabeth I of England is held in
Westminster Abbey .
[4]
May 8 –
Mozes Székely is installed as the
Prince of Transylvania by the Ottoman Sultan,
Mehmed III . Székely is killed in battle on July 17.
May 13 – In modern-day northern
Thailand , the rulers of
Chiang Mai retake control of the
Nan province and capture its ruler, Cao Cetabut.
[5]
May 14 –
Pope Gabriel VIII of Alexandria , leader of the
Coptic Christian Church , dies after a reign of almost 16 years. He is succeeded by
Pope Mark V .
May 19 –
The King's Men , a group of English professional actors composed primarily of former members of the
Lord Chamberlain's Men , is granted its royal patent by King James. The group will give the first performances of many of the plays of
William Shakespeare , who is one of the company's 26 principal actors. Named in order of priority on the patent are group manager
Lawrence Fletcher , Shakespeare, and
Richard Burbage .
[6]
May 26 – The
Battle of Sluis is fought at sea off of the Belgian Netherlands as Spanish ships try unsuccessfully to break through a blockade port of the port of
Sluis . The Spanish ships are forced to return to port after at least 414 sailors are killed.
[7]
May 29 – A
tabagie feast is held in
Tadoussac in the modern-day Canadian province of
Quebec , as representatives of France (
Samuel De Champlain and
François Gravé Du Pont , form an alliance with representatives of the
Innu , the
Algonquin , and
Maliseet tribes.
[8]
June 7 – Prince
Şehzade Mahmud of the Ottoman Empire, the 16-year-old son of
Sultan Murad III , is executed on orders of his father, on advice of the Grand Vizier, after being accused unjustly of an assassination plot.
[9]
July–September
October–December
October 6 – On the Philippine island of
Luzon , the
Sangley Rebellion against Spanish rule ends with the massacre of 20,000
Sangley
Chinese residents in
Manila .
[12]
October 18 –
Yemişçi Hasan Pasha , the
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire , is executed on orders of Sultan Mehmed III, after failing to respond more quickly to the Safavid Empire's actions to take Tabriz. The Sultan appoints
Yavuz Ali Pasha , the Ottoman Governor of Egypt to replace Yemişçi Hasan.
October 21 –
Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618) : The Safavid Army of Iran, led by Emperor
Abbas the Great , recaptures
Tabriz from the Ottoman Empire after 15 years of Ottoman occupation.
November 15 – Having recaptured Tabriz from the Ottoman Empire, Abbas the Great leads the Safavids in a siege of
Yerevan .
November 17 – Sir
Walter Raleigh goes on trial for
treason , in the converted Great Hall of
Winchester Castle .
[3] He is found guilty, but his life is spared by
King James I at this time, and he is returned to imprisonment in the
Tower of London .
November –
Rokugō rebellion : More than 1,000
rōnin rebel in support of their exiled lord,
Onodera Yoshimichi , in Japan.
[13]
December 22 – Sultan
Mehmed III of the
Ottoman Empire dies, and is succeeded by his son
Ahmed I .
December 29 –
Yavuz Ali Pasha , who had been appointed by Mehmed III in October as
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire , arrives at Constantinople to begin service. He dies from illness seven months later.
Ongoing events
Date unknown
Births
Ivan III Drašković
Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark
Joseph of Cupertino
January–March
January 3 –
Paul Stockmann , German hymnwriter (d.
1636 )
January 27
January 30 –
David Denicke , German jurist and hymnwriter (d.
1680 )
January –
Shackerley Marmion , English dramatist (d.
1639 )
February 2 –
Louise de Bourbon , French noble (d.
1637 )
February 7 –
Friederich Stellwagen , German organ builder (d.
1660 )
February 12 –
Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1639–1669) (d.
1669 )
March 2 –
Pietro Novelli , Italian painter (d.
1647 )
March 13 –
Ivan III Drašković , Croatian nobleman and soldier (d.
1648 )
March 18 –
Simon Bradstreet , English colonial magistrate (d.
1697 )
March 21 bapt. –
Samuel Luke , English politician (d.
1670 )
April–June
July–September
July 11
July 12 –
Edward Benlowes , English poet (d.
1676 )
July 23 –
Axel Lillie , Swedish soldier and politician (d.
1662 )
July 27 –
Alonso de Ovalle , Chilean priest and historian (d.
1651 )
August 9 –
Johannes Cocceius , Dutch theologian (d.
1669 )
August 17 –
Lennart Torstensson , Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (d.
1651 )
August 24 –
Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur , Khan of Khiva, historian (d.
1663 )
September 10 –
Henri Valois , French historian (d.
1676 )
September 14 –
John Vaughan , Welsh judge (d.
1674 )
[16]
September 15 –
Tokugawa Yorifusa , Japanese nobleman (d.
1661 )
October–December
Date unknown
Probable
Deaths
Andrea Cesalpino
Elizabeth I of England
Ahmad al-Mansur
Pierre Charron
William Gilbert
Thomas Cartwright
January–March
January 21 –
Gim Myeong-won , Korean politician (b.
1534 )
January 25 –
Francesco Zirano , Italian priest, member of the Order of Friars Minor (b.
1564 )
February 7
February 23
February 26 –
Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress , spouse of Maximilian II (b.
1528 )
March 14 –
Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg -Güstrow (1555–1603) (b.
1527 )
March 22 –
Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton , Scottish peer who supported Mary, Queen of Scots (b.
1553 )
March 24 – Queen
Elizabeth I of England (b.
1533 )
[18]
March 25 –
Ikoma Chikamasa , Japanese warlord (b.
1526 )
April–June
July–September
July 4 –
Philippe de Monte , Flemish composer (b.
1521 )
July 10 –
Joan Terès i Borrull , viceroy of Catalonia (b.
1538 )
July 11 –
Richard Drake , English courtier (b.
1535 )
July 17
July 23 –
Santi di Tito , Italian painter (b.
1536 )
August 1 –
Matthew Browne , English politician (b.
1563 )
August 2 –
John Townshend , English politician (b.
1568 )
August 16 –
Silvio Antoniano , Italian Catholic cardinal (b.
1540 )
August 25
August 26 –
Thomas Drury , English government informer and swindler (b.
1551 )
September 1 –
Barnim X, Duke of Pomerania -Stettin (1569–1603) (b.
1549 )
September 9 –
George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon , English politician (b.
1547 )
September 19 –
Matsudaira Iemoto , Japanese samurai (b.
1548 )
October–December
October –
Ralph Lane , English explorer (b.
1530 )
October 6 –
Jakob Monau , Polish writer and linguist (b.
1546 )
October 18 –
Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford , English baron (b.
1535 )
October 23 –
Johann Wanning , Dutch composer, kapellmeister, and singer (b.
1537 )
October 26 –
Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (1549–1603) (b.
1528 )
October 27 –
Irina Godunova , Russian tsarina (b.
1557 )
November 12 –
John VII, Count of Oldenburg (1573–1603) and Delmenhorst (1573–1597) (b.
1540 )
November 16 –
Pierre Charron , French 16th-century Catholic theologian and philosopher (b.
1541 )
November 18 –
Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg , Dutch countess, sister of William the Silent (b.
1542 )
November 20 –
Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł , Polish nobleman (b.
1547 )
November 30 –
William Gilbert , English scientist (plague) (b.
1544 )
December 4 –
Maerten de Vos , Flemish painter and draughtsman (b.
1532 )
December 5 –
George Brooke , English aristocrat (b.
1568 )
December 8 –
Girolamo Mattei , Italian Catholic cardinal (b.
1547 )
December 9 –
William Watson , English conspirator (b.
1559 )
December 22 –
Mehmed III ,
Ottoman Sultan (b.
1566 )
December 27 –
Thomas Cartwright , English Puritan churchman (b.
1535 )
December 28 –
John Joscelyn , English clergyman and antiquarian as well as secretary to Matthew Parker (b.
1529 )
Date unknown
Probable
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