This article is about the year 1600. For the number 1600, see 1600 (number). Year 1600 (MDC) was not a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) and a century leap year of the Gregorian calendar (it was a leap year starting on Tuesday using the 10-day slower Julian calendar). [edit] Events of 1600 [edit] January–June [edit] July–December [edit] Undated [edit] Births [edit] Deaths - February 13 – Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (b. 1538)
- February 17 – Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. 1548)
- April – Thomas Deloney, English writer (b. 1543)
- July 17 – Hosokawa Gracia, Japanese noblewoman (b. 1563)
- August 5 – John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, Scottish conspirator (b. 1577)
- August 27 – Mizuno Tadashige, Japanese nobleman (b. 1541)
- September 1 – Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (b. 1525)
- September 26 – Claude Le Jeune, French composer (b. 1530)
- October 12 – Luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535)
- October 21 – Toda Katsushige, Japanese warlord (b. 1557)
- November 3 – Richard Hooker, Anglican theologian (b. 1554)
- November 6
- November 8 – Natsuka Masaie, Japanese warlord (b. 1562)
- November 17 – Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander (b. 1542)
- date unknown
[edit] References - Spielvogel – Western Civilization—Volume II: Since 1500 (5th Edition), p. 401
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