1601

1601 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1601 ; MDCI
Ab urbe condita	2354
Armenian calendar	1050 ; ?? ??
Assyrian calendar	6351
Balinese saka calendar	1522?1523
Bengali calendar	1008
Berber calendar	2551
English Regnal year	43 Eliz. 1 ? 44 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2145
Burmese calendar	963
Byzantine calendar	7109?7110
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat ) ; 4297 or 4237 ; ? to ? ; 辛丑年 (Metal Ox ) ; 4298 or 4238
Coptic calendar	1317?1318
Discordian calendar	2767
Ethiopian calendar	1593?1594
Hebrew calendar	5361?5362
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1657?1658
- Shaka Samvat	1522?1523
- Kali Yuga	4701?4702
Holocene calendar	11601
Igbo calendar	601?602
Iranian calendar	979?980
Islamic calendar	1009?1010
Japanese calendar	Keich? 6 ; (慶長６年)
Javanese calendar	1521?1522
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3934
Minguo calendar	311 before ROC ; 民前311年
Nanakshahi calendar	133
Thai solar calendar	2143?2144
Tibetan calendar	?金鼠年 ; (male Iron- Rat ) ; 1727 or 1346 or 574 ; ? to ? ; ?金牛年 ; (female Iron- Ox ) ; 1728 or 1347 or 575

Millennium :	2nd millennium
Centuries :	16th century ? 17th century ? 18th century
Decades :	1570s 1580s 1590s ? 1600s ? 1610s 1620s 1630s
Years :	1598 1599 1600 ? 1601 ? 1602 1603 1604

1601 ( MDCI ) was a common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar , It was the 1st year of the 17th century .

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February 8 ? Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex , rebels against Queen Elizabeth I of England ? his revolt is quickly crushed
February 25 ? Robert Devereux 's head is chopped off as a punishment
Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China
A bad harvest in Russia due to rainy summer
Dutch troops chase Portuguese from Malaga
Start of Siege of Kinsale , in Ireland ? the siege started in the Autumn of 1601, and ended in the Battle of Kinsale on 3 January 1602 according to the Gregorian Calendar used today. This calendar was already being used by the Irish and Spanish forces in the battle, but for the English side, who were still using the old Julian Calendar , the date of the battle was 24 December 1601.