1596: Calendar year
1596 was a year in the 16th century.
It was a leap year.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1560s 1570s 1580s – 1590s – 1600s 1610s 1620s |
| Years: | 1593 1594 1595 – 1596 – 1597 1598 1599 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1596 MDXCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2349 |
| Armenian calendar | 1045 ԹՎ ՌԽԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6346 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1517–1518 |
| Bengali calendar | 1003 |
| Berber calendar | 2546 |
| English Regnal year | 38 Eliz. 1 – 39 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2140 |
| Burmese calendar | 958 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7104–7105 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4292 or 4232 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4293 or 4233 |
| Coptic calendar | 1312–1313 |
| Discordian calendar | 2762 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1588–1589 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5356–5357 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1652–1653 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1517–1518 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4696–4697 |
| Holocene calendar | 11596 |
| Igbo calendar | 596–597 |
| Iranian calendar | 974–975 |
| Islamic calendar | 1004–1005 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunroku 5 / Keichō 1 (慶長元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1516–1517 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3929 |
| Minguo calendar | 316 before ROC 民前316年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 128 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2138–2139 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1722 or 1341 or 569 — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1723 or 1342 or 570 |
Births
- March 31 – René Descartes, French philosopher and physicist
- June 29 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan
- Micheal I of Russia, Russian Tsar
Deaths
- January 28 – Sir Francis Drake, English explorer
Events
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