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The 1600s (pronounced "sixteen-hundreds") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 1600, and ended on 31 December 1609. The term "sixteen-hundreds" could also mean the entire century from 1 January 1600 to 31 December 1699. The decade was a period of significant political, scientific, and artistic advancement.
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1600 was a century leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1600th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 600th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1600s decade. As of the start ...
c. 1600 BC – 1200 BC—Tiryns, Ancient Greece, is inhabited. c. 1600 BC —Kings and princes on the mainland Greece have begun building large aboveground burial places commonly referred to as beehive tombs because of their rounded, conical shape. c. 1600 BC —Hittites establish capital at Hattusa (near modern Boğazkale, Turkey).
The century from 1600 to 1699, almost synonymous with the 17th century (1601–1700). 1600s (decade), the period from 1600 to 1609 This page was last edited on 19 ...
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC).. It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, [1] the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis ...
1700 BC – 1500 BC: Hurrian conquests.; 1601 BC: Sharma-Adad II became the King of Assyria.; c. 1600 BC: The creation of one of the oldest surviving astronomical documents, a copy of which was found in the Babylonian library of Ashurbanipal: a 21-year record of the appearances of Venus (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna): Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa.
The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events. Events. c.1600: The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn ...