1603 Details, Meaning 1603 Article and Explanation Guide

1603 Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Years: 1600 1601 1602 - 1603 - 1604 1605 1606
Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1603 in literature 1603 in science

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1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

March 24 - Death of Elizabeth I of England - her cousin King James VI of Scotland succeeds her uniting the crowns of Scotland and England
April 28 – Funeral of Elizabeth I of England in Westminster Abbey
July 17 or July 19 - Sir Walter Raleigh arrested for treason.
July 25 - Coronation of James I of England. By some criteria this was the start of the modern Great Britain
November 17 - Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason in the converted Great hall of Winchester Castle
Change of Emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mehmed III (1595-1603) to Ahmed I (1603-1617)
Johann Bayer's Uranometria, an atlas of the southern sky, is published.
Tokugawa Ieyasu granted title of shogun from the emperor of Japan and establishes the Edo or Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo, Japan. This ends the Azuchi-Momoyama period and begins the Edo period.
Accademia dei Lincei founded
Huguenot Pierre de Gua is granted royal permission to settle in North America
Rebellion in Transylvania
Plague in England
English crush Irish rebellion, Earl of Tyrone surrenders

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