1610
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1580s 1590s 1600s – 1610s – 1620s 1630s 1640s |
| Years: | 1607 1608 1609 – 1610 – 1611 1612 1613 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1610 MDCX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2363 |
| Armenian calendar | 1059 ԹՎ ՌԾԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6360 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1531–1532 |
| Bengali calendar | 1017 |
| Berber calendar | 2560 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Ja. 1 – 8 Ja. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2154 |
| Burmese calendar | 972 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7118–7119 |
| Chinese calendar | 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 4306 or 4246 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4307 or 4247 |
| Coptic calendar | 1326–1327 |
| Discordian calendar | 2776 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1602–1603 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5370–5371 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1666–1667 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1531–1532 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4710–4711 |
| Holocene calendar | 11610 |
| Igbo calendar | 610–611 |
| Iranian calendar | 988–989 |
| Islamic calendar | 1018–1019 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō 15 (慶長１５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1530–1531 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3943 |
| Minguo calendar | 302 before ROC 民前302年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 142 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2152–2153 |
| 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 |
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.
Events
[change | change source]- January 7 – Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter.
- March 12 – Swedish troops under Jacob de la Gardie take Moscow
- May 13-14 – Francois Ravaillac assassinates Henry IV of France
- May 27 – Ravaillac is executed by pulling him apart in the Place de Grève
- July 5 – John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
- October 17 – Louis XIII of France crowned
- 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.