1603

Centuries - Year in Review 17th Century - Year in Review 18th Century

16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades:1590s? - 1600s - 1610s,1620s,1630s,1640s,1650s?,1660s,1670s?,1680s,1690s

1599? 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609

1602 1603 1604 - decade 1600s - 17th century

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Events:

• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mehmed III (1595-1603) to Ahmed I (1603-1617)
• James VI of Scotland succeeded his cousin Elizabeth I as king of England (taking the name James I).
• Johann Bayer's Uranometria, an atlas of the southern sky, is published.
• End of Azuchi-Momoyama? period in Japan, beginning of Edo period.

Births:

Deaths:

• Elizabeth I, English queen.