1597 (MDXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1597th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 597th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 16th century, and the 8th year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1597, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
October 26: Battle of Myeongnyang
1597 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1597
MDXCVII
Ab urbe condita2350
Armenian calendar1046
ԹՎ ՌԽԶ
Assyrian calendar6347
Balinese saka calendar1518–1519
Bengali calendar1004
Berber calendar2547
English Regnal year39 Eliz. 1 – 40 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar2141
Burmese calendar959
Byzantine calendar7105–7106
Chinese calendar丙申年 (Fire Monkey)
4294 or 4087
    — to —
丁酉年 (Fire Rooster)
4295 or 4088
Coptic calendar1313–1314
Discordian calendar2763
Ethiopian calendar1589–1590
Hebrew calendar5357–5358
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1653–1654
 - Shaka Samvat1518–1519
 - Kali Yuga4697–4698
Holocene calendar11597
Igbo calendar597–598
Iranian calendar975–976
Islamic calendar1005–1006
Japanese calendarKeichō 2
(慶長2年)
Javanese calendar1517–1518
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3930
Minguo calendar315 before ROC
民前315年
Nanakshahi calendar129
Thai solar calendar2139–2140
Tibetan calendar阳火猴年
(male Fire-Monkey)
1723 or 1342 or 570
    — to —
阴火鸡年
(female Fire-Rooster)
1724 or 1343 or 571

Events edit

 
Andreas Libavius's Alchemia, an early chemistry text, is published.


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October–December edit

  • October 18 – The 3rd Spanish Armada, a fleet of 140 ships, departs from the port of La Coruña with 12,634 soldiers and sailors and a plan to invade the British Isles with a landing at Falmouth in Cornwall. [5]
  • October 21 – The Spanish Armada reaches the English Channel without opposition. An English ship sees the invading force's approach, but is intercepted and sunk, with the survivors being taken prisoner. The Armada encounters a storm the next day. [6]
  • October 25 – Following the loss of an artillery ship and the galleon San Bartolome, Spanish Admiral Diego Brochero orders the remaining ships in the attacking Armada to disperse until the weather improves. [6]
  • October 26Battle of Myeongnyang: The Koreans, commanded by Yi Sunsin, are victorious over a Japanese invasion fleet.
  • November 10 – In the last major action during the war of the 3rd Spanish Armada, the galleon Bear of Amsterdam is captured as it approaches Falmouth, where an English squadron intercepts it and leads it into Dartmouth.
  • November 12Lingen capitulates to forces led by Maurice of Nassau.
  • November 21 – The remainder of the 3rd Spanish Armada is assembled at La Coruña. Only 108 of the original fleet of 140 ships is left, and many of the vessels require food and supplies. King Philip elects not to attempt another invasion of the British Isles.
  • December 6 – Queen Elizabeth of England appoints George Nicholson as the English Resident in Scotland, the London's chief diplomatic official to Edinburgh, with a letter of accreditation for Nicholson to present to King James VI of Scotland. [7]
  • December 7Lazzaro Grimaldi Cebà is elected as the new Doge of the Republic of Genoa, as the previous chief executive, Matteo Senarega completes his two-year term. Senarega is given the post of procuratore perpetuo.
  • December 23

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Births edit

 
Henry Gage
 
Justus Sustermans

January–March edit

April–June edit

July–September edit

October–December edit

Date unknown edit

Deaths edit

 
Willem Barentsz
 
Edward Kelley
 
Saint Peter Canisius

References edit

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