1600
Scotland adopts January 1 as New Year's Day.
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1600
Scotland adopts January 1 as New Year's Day.
1599
April 23 - The Earl of Essex arrives in Dublin at the head of 16,000 troops, the largest army ever seen in Ireland.
1598
Parliament of England passes an act that allows transportation of convicts to colonies.
On October 6, 1597, Bohai earthquake with magnitude 7 occurred.
1596
Sir Francis Drake dies.
1595
Mehmed III succeeds Murad III as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
1594
Henry IV is crowned King of France at Chartres
1593
Ottoman Empire defeated in Battle of Sisak.
1592
Founding of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland's oldest university
1591
Capture of Deventer by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau.
1590
Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland
1589
Job is elected as the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
1588
Poet Robert Crowley is born
1587
A severe famine breaks out in China during the Ming Dynasty.
1586
Composer Claudio Saracini is born