Editing 1600 (section)

==Events==
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=== January–March ===
* [[January 1]] – [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] adopts January 1 as [[New Year's Day]] instead of March 25.
* [[January 20]] – [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone]], renews the [[Nine Years' War (Ireland)]] against England with an invasion of [[Munster]].<ref>''Annals of Ireland by the Four Masters as translated into English by Owen Connellan'', ed. by Michael O'Clery (Irish Genealogical Foundation, 2003) p. 666</ref><ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/238|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/238 238–243]}}</ref>
* [[January 24]] – [[Sebald de Weert]] makes the first recorded sighting of the [[Falkland Islands]].<ref>''Falkland Islands: Report for 1924'' (His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1926) p. 3</ref>
* [[February 17]] – On his way to be burned at the stake for [[Heresy in Christianity|heresy]] in Rome, [[Giordano Bruno]] has his tongue "imprisoned" after he refuses to stop talking.<ref name="Gatti">{{cite book|author=Hilary Gatti|title=Giordano Bruno: Philosopher of the Renaissance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nz0FAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Ashgate|isbn=978-0-7546-0562-1|page=7}}</ref>
* [[February 19]] – The [[Huaynaputina]] [[volcano]] in [[Peru]] erupts, in what is still the worst recorded volcanic eruption.
* [[March 20]] – [[Linköping Bloodbath]]: Five Swedish nobles are publicly executed by [[decapitation]] and [[Polish–Swedish union|Polish–Swedish]] King [[Sigismund III Vasa]] is ''de facto'' deposed as ruler of [[Sweden]].

=== April–June ===
* [[April 19]] – The first [[Netherlands|Dutch]] ship ever to arrive in [[Japan]], the ''Liefde'' ("Love"), anchors in [[Sashifu]], in the [[Bungo Province]] (modern-day [[Usuki, Ōita|Usuki]] in [[Ōita Prefecture]]). The sailors present on this ship are [[William Adams (pilot)|William Adams]], [[Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn]], [[Jacob Quaeckernaeck]] and [[Melchior van Santvoort]].
* [[May 27]] – [[Michael the Brave]] becomes ruler of [[Wallachia]], [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Transylvania]] and [[Moldavia]], formally uniting the three [[Danubian Principalities]] under one Romanian ruler.
* [[June 5]] – [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]], the former [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] and [[Chancellor of the University of Dublin]], is put on trial in England before a commission of 18 men, after being charged with malfeasance. He is deprived of his main business, a monopoly on sweet wines, and stripped of his noble title. In revenge, he attempts to organize [[Essex's Rebellion|a coup d'etat]] to overthrow Queen Elizabeth and fails in his plot.
* [[June 9]] – Yi Hang-bok becomes the new [[Yeonguijeong|Chief State Councillor of Korea]] (the ''Yeonguijeong''), equivalent to a prime minister, after being appointed by [[Seonjo of Joseon|King Seonjo]] to replace [[Yi San-hae]].
* [[June 13]] – Barrister [[Nicholas Fuller (lawyer)|Nicholas Fuller]] is granted the exclusive right in England to manufacture [[playing card]]s.<ref>""Nicholas Fuller and the Liberties of the Subject", by Stephen Wright, ''Journal of Parliamentary History'' (2006) p.180</ref>
* [[June 25]] – In England, a fire destroys much of the town of [[North Walsham]], [[Norfolk]], burning down 118 homes, 70 shops, and most of the stalls in the [[market square]]. The fire is traced to the home of one person who tries to flee town after the blaze begins. Many of the persons left homeless are given shelter at the [[St Nicholas Church, North Walsham|St Nicholas Church]].

=== July–September ===
* [[July 2]] – [[Eighty Years' War]] (Dutch War of Independence) &ndash; [[Battle of Nieuwpoort]]: The [[Dutch Republic]] gains a tactical victory over the [[Spanish Empire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1600 |title=Historical Events for Year 1600 &#124; OnThisDay.com |website=Historyorb.com |access-date=2018-04-05}}</ref>
* [[August 5]] – The brothers [[Alexander Ruthven]] and [[John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie]], are killed during a failed attempt to kidnap or murder [[James VI and I|King James VI of Scotland]] at their home.
* [[September 18]] – The [[Battle of Mirăslău]] takes place within Transylvania as Hungarian troops, backed by the Holy Roman Empire, triumph over the Principality of Wallachia, backed by Poland. Hungarian General [[Giorgio Basta]] brings 30,000 men against the 22,000 commanded by Wallachia's ruler Michael the Brave. The Wallachians sustain more than 5,000 dead and wounded.
* [[September 24]] – All 130 crew of the Dutch Republic ship ''[[Hoop (East Indiaman)|Hoop]]'' die when the merchantman sinks in a storm while traveling in the Pacific Ocean between the Hawaiian Islands and Japan.<ref name="ASM">{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?182297 |title=Hoop |publisher=Archeosousmarine |date=24 September 2015 |accessdate=24 September 2015}}</ref> The ''Liefde'', a ship accompanying Hoop, is badly damaged but survives; all but 24 of its crew of more than 100 die from starvation and thirst after drifting more than six months before arriving in Japan on April 19, 1601.

=== October–December ===
* [[October 6]] – The première of [[Jacopo Peri]]'s ''[[Euridice (Peri)|Euridice]]'', the earliest known fully surviving work of modern opera, takes place in [[Florence]] for the wedding of [[Henry IV of France]] and [[Marie de' Medici]]. [[Emilio de' Cavalieri]] stages the production.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Glenn Paton|title=Italian Arias of the Baroque and Classical Eras: High|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDy-RgkSf8UC&pg=PA10|year=1994|publisher=Alfred Music Publishing|isbn=978-0-7390-2191-0|pages=10|language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 8]] – The basic [[constitution of San Marino|legal system]] for the Republic of [[San Marino]] goes into effect during the service of [[List of captains regent of San Marino, 1500–1700|captains regent]] Girolamo Gozi and Francesco Giannini. 
* [[October 20]] – [[Persian embassy to Europe (1599–1602)|Persian diplomats]], led by Husayn 'Ali Beg of Persia, and Englishman [[Anthony Shirley]] (who serves as translator) arrive in [[Prague]] to meet with [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor]].<ref name=Sherley>("Dispatch of 23rd October, 1600: On the 20th the two ambassadors from Persia made their entry here; one is an Englishman called, as I understand, he is the principal Ambassador, and the other is a Persian called Assan Halevech; there are about twenty or twenty-five persons with them...") contemporary account, quoted in ''Sir Anthony Sherley and His Persian Adventure'', ed by Edward D. Ross (RoutledgeCurzon, 2005) p. 23-24</ref>
* [[October 21]] – The [[Battle of Sekigahara]] occurs in what is now present-day [[Gifu Prefecture]], [[Japan]], where the Eastern Army led by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] emerges victorious against the Western Army led by [[Ishida Mitsunari]]. The battle ends the [[Sengoku period]] and grants the [[Tokugawa clan]] nominal control over Japan, establishing the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] with Tokugawa Ieyasu as [[shogun]].
* [[November 7]] – [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Rudolf II]] grants an audience in [[Prague]] to Persian diplomats Husayn 'Ali Beg and Anthony Shirley, and present the offer of Persia's King [[Abbas the Great]] to supply weapons to the Empire in their fight against the Ottomans.<ref name=Sherley/><ref>("Dispatch of November 8th, 1600: "Yesterday these Ambassadors from the King of Persia had had an audience. The Englishman spoke in Spanish, and the substance of that King's offer to His Imperial Majesty was that he would arm against the Turk...")</ref>
* [[November 15]] – [[Thessaly rebellion (1600)|Thessaly rebellion]]: Greek farmers in Thessaly, incited by Bishop [[Dionysios Skylosophos]], begin an uprising against the [[Ottoman Empire]], with violence in an area bounded by [[Trikala]] and [[Karditsa]] and the surrounding mountains, but the rebellion is suppressed by the Ottomans in a few days.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180907115517/https://www.tanea.gr/2000/08/17/grece/dionysios-o-filosofos-mitropolitis-larisis/ "Dionysios the Philosopher, Metropolitan of Larissa"], by Georgios Ploumidis, in ''[[Ta Nea]] (Athens)'', August 17, 2000, archived by Archive.org
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* [[December 31]] – The [[East India Company]] is granted a [[Royal charter]] in the [[Kingdom of England]] for trade with Asia.

=== Date unknown ===
* Approximate date – The Lutheran orthodox campaign intensifies, to reinforce the ''[[Book of Concord]]''.
* [[Caister Castle]] in England falls into ruin.
* [[Sumo]] wrestling becomes a professional sport in [[Japan]].
* [[William Shakespeare]]'s plays ''[[Henry IV, Part 2]]'', ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' and ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' are published in London.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology" />
* [[William Gilbert (astronomer)|William Gilbert]] publishes ''[[De Magnete]]'', one of the first significant scientific books published in England, describing the Earth's [[magnetic field]], and the beginning of modern [[geomagnetism]].
* [[Fabritio Caroso]]'s dance manual ''Nobiltà de dame'' is published.</onlyinclude>