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1608 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
1608 MDCVIII
Ab urbe condita
2361
Armenian calendar
1057 ԹՎ ՌԾԷ
Assyrian calendar
6358
Balinese saka calendar
1529–1530
Bengali calendar
1015
Berber calendar
2558
English Regnal year
5 Ja. 1 – 6 Ja. 1
Buddhist calendar
2152
Burmese calendar
970
Byzantine calendar
7116–7117
Chinese calendar
丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4305 or 4098 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 4306 or 4099
Coptic calendar
1324–1325
Discordian calendar
2774
Ethiopian calendar
1600–1601
Hebrew calendar
5368–5369
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
1664–1665
- Shaka Samvat
1529–1530
- Kali Yuga
4708–4709
Holocene calendar
11608
Igbo calendar
608–609
Iranian calendar
986–987
Islamic calendar
1016–1017
Japanese calendar
Keichō 13 (慶長１３年)
Javanese calendar
1528–1529
Julian calendar
Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar
3941
Minguo calendar
304 before ROC 民前304年
Nanakshahi calendar
140
Thai solar calendar
2150–2151
Tibetan calendar
阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1734 or 1353 or 581 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1735 or 1354 or 582
1608 (MDCVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1608th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 608th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 17th century, and the 9th year of the 1600s decade. As of the start of 1608, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
1608 (MDCVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1608th year...
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John Tradescant the Elder ( /trəˈdɛskənt/; c. 1570s – 15–16 April 1638), father of John Tradescant the Younger, was an English naturalist, gardener, collector...
The year 1608 in science and technology involved some significant events. October 2 – Hans Lippershey demonstrates the first known telescope to the government...
Events from the year 1608 in Quebec. The first group of French settlers arrive in what is today Tadoussac, marking the beginning of a continuous Francophone...
best works produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until 1608, among them Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all...
after his return to Antwerp in 1608 that Rubens' works show openly Caravaggesque traits such as in the Cain slaying Abel (1608–1609) (Courtauld Institute...
1918. During that time, too, the Navy gave her the identification Id. No. 1608, but did not take her over for naval service. Carolyn pursued her prosaic...
Ramdas (c. 1608 – c. 1682), also known as Samarth Ramdas or Ramdas Swami, was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher, poet, writer and spiritual master. He...
The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608, compiled by Thomas Trevelyon in London, England in 1608, is an illustrated manuscript miscellany containing handwritten...
present-day Canada and parts of the Northeastern United States. In 1607 and 1608, Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a rumoured...
The year 1608 in music involved some significant events and new musical works. February 9 – The masque The Hue and Cry After Cupid, written by Ben Jonson...
article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1608. January 10 – Ben Jonson's The Masque of Beauty is performed by Queen Anne...
later engraved and published in 1622 as Palazzi di Genova. From 1606 to 1608, he was mostly in Rome when he received, with the assistance of Cardinal...
Events in the year 1608 in Scotland. Monarch – James VI May 8 – Works by Bevis Bulmer commence at a newly nationalized silver mine at Hilderston, West...
Events from the year 1608 in Denmark. Monarch – Christian IV Rumors and accusations about sorcery began to spread in the town of Køge, starting what will...
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