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Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608_%E1%8A%A5.%E1%8A%A4.%E1%8A%A0." title="1608 እ.ኤ.አ. – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="1608 እ.ኤ.አ." data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608_%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="1608 թուական – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="1608 թուական" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B6%DB%B0%DB%B8_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C)" title="۱۶۰۸ (میلادی) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="۱۶۰۸ (میلادی)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AC%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%AE" title="১৬০৮ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="১৬০৮" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608_n%C3%AE" title="1608 nî – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="1608 nî" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608." title="1608. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="1608." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608_%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="1608 ие – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="1608 ие" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B6%DB%B0%DB%B8_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C)" title="۱۶۰۸ (میلادی) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="۱۶۰۸ (میلادی)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608%E5%B9%B4" title="1608年 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="1608年" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608%EB%85%84" title="1608년 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="1608년" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AC%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%AE" title="१६०८ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="१६०८" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608." title="1608. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="1608." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AC%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%AE" title="মারি ১৬০৮ – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মারি ১৬০৮" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608-%C3%A6%D0%BC_%D0%B0%D0%B7" title="1608-æм аз – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="1608-æм аз" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B3%A7%E0%B3%AC%E0%B3%A6%E0%B3%AE" title="೧೬೦೮ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="೧೬೦೮" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608_%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1608 джыл – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="1608 джыл" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608_%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1608 жыл – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="1608 жыл" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608_(almanak_gregoryen)" title="1608 (almanak gregoryen) – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="1608 (almanak gregoryen)" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608_%D0%B8" title="1608 и – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="1608 и" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608._gads" title="1608. gads – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="1608. gads" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608_%D0%B9%D0%B8%D1%81" title="1608 йис – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="1608 йис" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608_m." title="1608 m. – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="1608 m." data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AC%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%AE" title="१६०८ – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="१६०८" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87.%E0%A4%B8._%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AC%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%AE" title="इ.स. १६०८ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इ.स. १६०८" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B6%DB%B0%DB%B8" title="۱۶۰۸ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="۱۶۰۸" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608_ni%C3%A8ng" title="1608 nièng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="1608 nièng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%81%81%E1%81%86%E1%81%80%E1%81%88" title="၁၆၀၈ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="၁၆၀၈" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AC%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%AE" title="सन् १६०८ – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="सन् १६०८" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608%E5%B9%B4" title="1608年 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="1608年" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AD%A7%E0%AD%AC%E0%AD%A6%E0%AD%AE" title="୧୬୦୮ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="୧୬୦୮" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AC%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%AE" title="१६०८ – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="१६०८" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4" title="1608 год – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="1608 год" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AC%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%AE" title="१६०८ – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="१६०८" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608%D8%B9" title="1608ع – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="1608ع" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%A1%D9%A6%D9%A0%D9%A8" title="١٦٠٨ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="١٦٠٨" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608_%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="1608 ел – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="1608 ел" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E.%E0%B8%A8._2151" title="พ.ศ. 2151 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="พ.ศ. 2151" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8_1608" title="Соли 1608 – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Соли 1608" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608%D8%A1" title="1608ء – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="1608ء" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608" title="1608 – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="1608" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" 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ՌԾԷ</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Assyrian_calendar" title="Assyrian calendar">Assyrian calendar</a></td><td>6358</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Balinese_saka_calendar" title="Balinese saka calendar">Balinese saka calendar</a></td><td>1529–1530</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali calendar">Bengali calendar</a></td><td>1015</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Berber_calendar" title="Berber calendar">Berber calendar</a></td><td>2558</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Regnal_years_of_English_and_British_monarchs" title="Regnal years of English and British monarchs">English Regnal year</a></td><td>5 <a href="/wiki/James_VI_and_I" title="James VI and I">Ja. 1</a> – 6 <a href="/wiki/James_VI_and_I" title="James VI and I">Ja. 1</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist calendar</a></td><td>2152</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Burmese_calendar" title="Burmese calendar">Burmese calendar</a></td><td>970</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_calendar" title="Byzantine calendar">Byzantine calendar</a></td><td>7116–7117</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sexagenary_cycle" title="Sexagenary cycle">丁未</a>年 (Fire <a href="/wiki/Goat_(zodiac)" title="Goat (zodiac)">Goat</a>)<br />4305 or 4098<br />    <i>— to —</i><br />戊申年 (Earth <a href="/wiki/Monkey_(zodiac)" title="Monkey (zodiac)">Monkey</a>)<br />4306 or 4099</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Coptic_calendar" title="Coptic calendar">Coptic calendar</a></td><td>1324–1325</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Discordian_calendar" title="Discordian calendar">Discordian calendar</a></td><td>2774</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar" title="Ethiopian calendar">Ethiopian calendar</a></td><td>1600–1601</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a></td><td>5368–5369</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendars</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Samvat" title="Vikram Samvat">Vikram Samvat</a></i></td><td>1664–1665</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_national_calendar" title="Indian national calendar">Shaka Samvat</a></i></td><td>1529–1530</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a></i></td><td>4708–4709</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Holocene_calendar" title="Holocene calendar">Holocene calendar</a></td><td>11608</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_calendar" title="Igbo calendar">Igbo calendar</a></td><td>608–609</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Iranian_calendars" title="Iranian calendars">Iranian calendar</a></td><td>986–987</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Islamic calendar</a></td><td>1016–1017</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_calendar" title="Japanese calendar">Japanese calendar</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Keich%C5%8D" title="Keichō">Keichō</a> 13<br />(慶長１３年)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Javanese_calendar" title="Javanese calendar">Javanese calendar</a></td><td>1528–1529</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a></td><td>Gregorian minus 10 days</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Korean_calendar" title="Korean calendar">Korean calendar</a></td><td>3941</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Minguo_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Minguo calendar">Minguo calendar</a></td><td>304 before <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">ROC</a><br />民前304年</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Nanakshahi_calendar" title="Nanakshahi calendar">Nanakshahi calendar</a></td><td>140</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Thai_solar_calendar" title="Thai solar calendar">Thai solar calendar</a></td><td>2150–2151</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_calendar" title="Tibetan calendar">Tibetan calendar</a></td><td>阴火羊年<br />(female Fire-<a href="/wiki/Goat_(zodiac)" title="Goat (zodiac)">Goat</a>)<br />1734 or 1353 or 581<br />    <i>— to —</i><br />阳土猴年<br />(male Earth-<a href="/wiki/Monkey_(zodiac)" title="Monkey (zodiac)">Monkey</a>)<br />1735 or 1354 or 582</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>1608</b> (<a href="/wiki/Roman_numerals" title="Roman numerals">MDCVIII</a>) was a <a href="/wiki/Leap_year_starting_on_Tuesday" title="Leap year starting on Tuesday">leap year starting on Tuesday</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Leap_year_starting_on_Friday" title="Leap year starting on Friday">leap year starting on Friday</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a>, the 1608th year of the <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">Common Era</a> (CE) and <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini" title="Anno Domini">Anno Domini</a></i></span> (AD) designations, the 608th year of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_millennium" title="2nd millennium">2nd millennium</a>, the 8th year of the <a href="/wiki/17th_century" title="17th century">17th century</a>, and the 9th year of the <a href="/wiki/1600s_(decade)" title="1600s (decade)">1600s</a> 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. </p><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Calendar year</div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January–March"><span id="January.E2.80.93March"></span>January–March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: January–March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2" title="January 2">January 2</a> – The first of the <a href="/wiki/Jamestown_supply_missions" title="Jamestown supply missions">Jamestown supply missions</a> returns to the Colony of Virginia with <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Newport" title="Christopher Newport">Christopher Newport</a> commanding the <i>John and Francis</i> and the <i>Phoenix</i> bringing about 100 new settlers to supplement the 38 survivors he finds at Jamestown.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_7" title="January 7">January 7</a> – At <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown, Virginia</a>, fire destroys "all the houses in the fort"; the fort is repaired in March.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_11" title="January 11">January 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer)" title="John Smith (explorer)">John Smith</a> is released by <a href="/wiki/Powhatan" title="Powhatan">Powhatan</a> after 15 days of captivity, and arrives back at <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown</a> the next day. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon his return, instead of being welcomed, he is charged with negligence for the deaths of the two men with him at the time of his capture, Jehu Robinson and Thomas Emery, but later exonerated.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_17" title="January 17">January 17</a> – Emperor <a href="/wiki/Susenyos_I" title="Susenyos I">Susenyos I</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> defeats an <a href="/wiki/Oromo_people" title="Oromo people">Oromo</a> army at <a href="/wiki/Ebenat" title="Ebenat">Ebenat</a>; 12,000 Oromo are reportedly killed at a cost of 400 <a href="/wiki/Amhara_people" title="Amhara people">Amhara</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_23" title="January 23">January 23</a> – Treaty of The Hague, a defensive alliance between France and the <a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="United Provinces of the Netherlands">United Provinces of the Netherlands</a>, is signed.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_6" title="February 6">February 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_B%C3%A1thory" title="Gabriel Báthory">Gabriel Báthory</a> makes an agreement with Hungarian mercenary soldiers, the <i><a href="/wiki/Hajduk_(Kingdom_of_Hungary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hajduk (Kingdom of Hungary)">Hajduk</a></i>, in order to overthrow the government of Transylvania.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_7" title="February 7">February 7</a> – A peace conference opens at the <a href="/wiki/Binnenhof" title="Binnenhof">Binnenhof</a> at <a href="/wiki/The_Hague" title="The Hague">The Hague</a>, in the Netherlands, to end a war between the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Netherlands" title="Spanish Netherlands">Spanish Netherlands</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_14" title="February 14">February 14</a> – The brutal winter of 1607-1608 in England ends after 10 weeks of sub-freezing temperatures.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_18" title="February 18">February 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Don_Julius_Caesar_d%27Austria" title="Don Julius Caesar d'Austria">Don Julius Caesar d'Austria</a>, the illegitimate son of <a href="/wiki/Rudolf_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudolf II">Rudolf II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a>, brutally murders his girlfriend, Markéta Pichlerová, then dismembers her body. Emperor Rudolf imprisons Julius for the rest of his life. <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_26" title="February 26">February 26</a> – After being held captive in <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> for more than 13 years, popular professor Malian <a href="/wiki/University_of_Timbuktu#Ahmad_Baba" title="University of Timbuktu">Ahmad Baba</a> is able to return to <a href="/wiki/Timbuktu" title="Timbuktu">Timbuktu</a> on 10 Dhu 'l-Qa'da 1016 A.H.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_5" title="March 5">March 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sigismund_R%C3%A1k%C3%B3czi" title="Sigismund Rákóczi">Sigismund Rákóczi</a>, Prince of Transylvania, abdicates in favor of <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_B%C3%A1thory" title="Gabriel Báthory">Gabriel Báthory</a> in order to avoid a civil war.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_16" title="March 16">March 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gwanghaegun_of_Joseon" title="Gwanghaegun of Joseon">Gwanghaegun</a> becomes the new King of Korea upon the death of his father, <a href="/wiki/Seonjo_of_Joseon" title="Seonjo of Joseon">King Seonjo</a>, who had reigned for more than 40 years.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_18" title="March 18">March 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Susenyos_I" title="Susenyos I">Susenyos</a> is formally crowned <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Ethiopia" title="Emperor of Ethiopia">Emperor of Ethiopia</a>, at the ancient city of <a href="/wiki/Axum" title="Axum">Axum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April–June"><span id="April.E2.80.93June"></span>April–June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: April–June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_10" title="April 10">April 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jamestown_supply_missions" title="Jamestown supply missions">Jamestown supply missions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Newport" title="Christopher Newport">Christopher Newport</a> again sails for England, carrying Powhatan's tribesman Namontack for a visit to London.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_19" title="April 19">April 19</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Burning_of_Derry" title="Burning of Derry">Burning of Derry</a> launches <a href="/wiki/O%27Doherty%27s_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="O'Doherty's Rebellion">O'Doherty's Rebellion</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Kingdom of Ireland</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_20" title="April 20">April 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Old_Bushmills_Distillery" title="Old Bushmills Distillery">Old Bushmills Distillery</a> is first licensed to distil <a href="/wiki/Irish_whiskey" title="Irish whiskey">whiskey</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bushmills,_County_Antrim" title="Bushmills, County Antrim">Bushmills</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Antrim" title="County Antrim">County Antrim</a>, Ireland by <a href="/wiki/James_VI_and_I" title="James VI and I">King James I</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_8" title="May 8">May 8</a> – A newly <a href="/wiki/Nationalization" title="Nationalization">nationalized</a> silver mine in Scotland at <a href="/wiki/Hilderston,_West_Lothian" title="Hilderston, West Lothian">Hilderston, West Lothian</a> is re-opened by <a href="/wiki/Bevis_Bulmer" title="Bevis Bulmer">Bevis Bulmer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_14" title="May 14">May 14</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Union" title="Protestant Union">Protestant Union</a> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Auhausen" title="Auhausen">Auhausen</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_15" title="June 15">June 15</a> – During a voyage in the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Ocean" title="Arctic Ocean">Arctic Ocean</a>, explorer <a href="/wiki/Henry_Hudson" title="Henry Hudson">Henry Hudson</a> and the crew of the <i>Hopewell</i> sight what they claim to be a <a href="/wiki/Mermaid" title="Mermaid">mermaid</a>, swimming in the seas near <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_26" title="June 26">June 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Matthias,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor">Matthias I</a>, already <a href="/wiki/List_of_Bohemian_monarchs" title="List of Bohemian monarchs">King of Bohemia</a> becomes the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Hungarian_monarchs" title="List of Hungarian monarchs">King of Hungary</a> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of Croatia">King of Croatia</a> upon the abdication of both jobs by his older brother, <a href="/wiki/Rudolf_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor">Rudolf II</a>, who continues as <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July–September"><span id="July.E2.80.93September"></span>July–September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: July–September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_3" title="July 3">July 3</a> – The settlement of <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a> is founded by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain" title="Samuel de Champlain">Samuel de Champlain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_24" title="August 24">August 24</a> – The first official English representative to India, Captain <a href="/wiki/William_Hawkins_(fl._c._1600)" title="William Hawkins (fl. c. 1600)">William Hawkins</a>, lands at <a href="/wiki/Surat" title="Surat">Surat</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_10" title="September 10">September 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer)" title="John Smith (explorer)">John Smith</a> is elected <a href="/wiki/President_(government_title)#Sub-national" title="President (government title)">council president</a> of Jamestown, and begins expanding the fort.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_21" title="September 21">September 21</a> – The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oviedo" title="University of Oviedo">University of Oviedo</a> in Spain is founded.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_23" title="September 23">September 23</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Troitsky_monastery" title="Siege of Troitsky monastery">siege of the Troitsky monastery</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a> begins in <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> north of <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, but fails after 16 months.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October–December"><span id="October.E2.80.93December"></span>October–December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: October–December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_1" title="October 1">October 1</a> – The second of the <a href="/wiki/Jamestown_supply_missions" title="Jamestown supply missions">Jamestown supply missions</a>, which set out in July from <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, arrives at <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown, Virginia</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Newport" title="Christopher Newport">Christopher Newport</a> commanding the <i>Mary and Margaret</i> carrying 70 settlers, bringing the population back up to 120; the passengers include two women and some skilled artisans, mostly from continental Europe, to develop industries.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2" title="October 2">October 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dutch_people" title="Dutch people">Dutch</a> <a href="/wiki/Lens_(optics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lens (optics)">lens</a> maker <a href="/wiki/Hans_Lippershey" class="mw-redirect" title="Hans Lippershey">Hans Lippershey</a> demonstrates the first <a href="/wiki/Telescope" title="Telescope">telescope</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch</a> <a href="/wiki/Parliament" title="Parliament">Parliament</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_19" title="November 19">November 19</a> – In <a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_the_Hungarian_monarch" title="Coronation of the Hungarian monarch">coronation ceremonies</a> take place for <a href="/wiki/Matthias,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor">Matthias</a> to be crowned as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Hungarian_monarchs#House_of_Habsburg_(1526–1780)" title="List of Hungarian monarchs">King Mátyás II of Hungary</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_20" title="November 20">November 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gates_(governor)" title="Thomas Gates (governor)">Sir Thomas Gates</a>, Governor of the <a href="/wiki/London_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="London Company">London Company</a>'s colony at <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown, Virginia</a>, is ordered by the Board of Directors to forcibly convert the <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">native Indians</a> in the area to Christianity as <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglicans</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_30" title="November 30">November 30</a> – At the colony of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Macau" title="Portuguese Macau">Portuguese Macau</a>, a port on the Chinese mainland leased from the Chinese Empire, <a href="/wiki/Nossa_Senhora_da_Gra%C3%A7a_incident#Incident_in_Macau" title="Nossa Senhora da Graça incident">a group of 100 Japanese samurai, wielding katana and muskets</a> engage in a fight with musket-armed Portuguese soldiers commanded by Governor André Pessoa. <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 50 Japanese are killed and the others are imprisoned until they sign an affidavit blaming themselves for the incident. <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu" title="Tokugawa Ieyasu">Tokugawa Ieyasu</a>, the principal shogun of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, subsequently ends the "<a href="/wiki/Red_seal_ships" title="Red seal ships">red seal ships</a>" program of authorizing Japanese nationals to visit Macau. The incident eventually leads to much larger naval battle in 1610, the <a href="/wiki/Nossa_Senhora_da_Gra%C3%A7a_incident" title="Nossa Senhora da Graça incident">Nossa Senhora da Graça incident</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_13" title="December 13">December 13</a> – At the <a href="/wiki/Mora%C4%8Da_(monastery)" title="Morača (monastery)">Morača monastery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kola%C5%A1in" title="Kolašin">Kolašin</a>, in what is now the nation of <a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a>, Patriarch <a href="/wiki/Jovan_Kantul" title="Jovan Kantul">Jovan Kantul</a> assembles the <a href="/wiki/Serb_uprising_of_1596%E2%80%931597" title="Serb uprising of 1596–1597">rebel leaders of Montenegro and Herzegovina</a>. The group agrees with a representative of the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Savoy" title="Duchy of Savoy">Duchy of Savoy</a> to deliver <a href="/wiki/Charles_Emmanuel_I,_Duke_of_Savoy" title="Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy">Duke Charles Emmanuel</a> a monarchy within the Balkans, in return for special privileges to the Serbian Orthodox Church.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_20" title="December 20">December 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Karl_I,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein">Karl of the House of Liechtenstein</a> founds the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Liechtenstein" title="Monarchy of Liechtenstein">Principality of Liechtenstein</a> within the Holy Roman Empire, an independent nation that will continue more than 400 years later between <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December" title="December">December</a> – Jamestown supply missions: <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Newport" title="Christopher Newport">Christopher Newport</a> returns to England from <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown</a> carrying cargo with "tryals of Pitch, Tarre, Glasse, Frankincense, Sope Ashes ..."</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Date_unknown">Date unknown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Date unknown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Spring – The <a href="/wiki/Scrooby_Congregation" title="Scrooby Congregation">Scrooby Congregation</a> of Protestant <a href="/wiki/English_Separatists" class="mw-redirect" title="English Separatists">English Separatists</a> successfully flees to the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Humber" title="Humber">Humber</a>, origin of the <a href="/wiki/Pilgrim_Fathers" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilgrim Fathers">Pilgrim Fathers</a> who in <a href="/wiki/1620" title="1620">1620</a> move on to North America.</li> <li>The first <a href="/wiki/Cheque" title="Cheque">cheques</a> are used in the Dutch Republic.</li> <li>The Uniform Land-Tax Law is imposed in <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>.</li> <li>Five royal schools in <a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> are given a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Charter" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Charter">Royal Charter</a> by King James I.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Tradescant_the_Younger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/John_Tradescant_the_Younger.jpg/110px-John_Tradescant_the_Younger.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/John_Tradescant_the_Younger.jpg/165px-John_Tradescant_the_Younger.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/John_Tradescant_the_Younger.jpg/220px-John_Tradescant_the_Younger.jpg 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="650" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Tradescant_the_Younger" title="John Tradescant the Younger">John Tradescant the Younger</a> born <a href="/wiki/4_August" class="mw-redirect" title="4 August">4 August</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Milton_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/John_Milton_1.jpg/110px-John_Milton_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/John_Milton_1.jpg/165px-John_Milton_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/John_Milton_1.jpg/220px-John_Milton_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="595" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Milton" title="John Milton">John Milton</a> born <a href="/wiki/9_December" class="mw-redirect" title="9 December">9 December</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January–March_2"><span id="January.E2.80.93March_2"></span>January–March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: January–March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_10" title="January 10">January 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Winthrop" title="Henry Winthrop">Henry Winthrop</a>, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company (d. <a href="/wiki/1630" title="1630">1630</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_14" title="January 14">January 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francis_Hawley,_1st_Baron_Hawley" title="Francis Hawley, 1st Baron Hawley">Francis Hawley, 1st Baron Hawley</a>, English politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_21" title="January 21">January 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Theaurau_John_Tany" title="Theaurau John Tany">Theaurau John Tany</a>, English Christian mystic (d. <a href="/wiki/1659" title="1659">1659</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_26" title="January 26">January 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Heinrich_Ursinus" title="Johannes Heinrich Ursinus">Johannes Heinrich Ursinus</a>, German Lutheran scholar (d. <a href="/wiki/1667" title="1667">1667</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_28" title="January 28">January 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Alfonso_Borelli" title="Giovanni Alfonso Borelli">Giovanni Alfonso Borelli</a>, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. <a href="/wiki/1679" title="1679">1679</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_30" title="January 30">January 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Oxenbridge" title="John Oxenbridge">John Oxenbridge</a>, English Nonconformist divine (d. <a href="/wiki/1674" title="1674">1674</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_5" title="February 5">February 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gaspar_Schott" title="Gaspar Schott">Gaspar Schott</a>, German Jesuit scholar (d. <a href="/wiki/1666" title="1666">1666</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_6" title="February 6">February 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Vieira" title="António Vieira">António Vieira</a>, Portuguese writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1697" title="1697">1697</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_12" title="February 12">February 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Daniello_Bartoli" title="Daniello Bartoli">Daniello Bartoli</a>, Italian Jesuit priest (d. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_20" title="February 20">February 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Capell,_1st_Baron_Capell_of_Hadham" title="Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham">Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1649" title="1649">1649</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_21" title="February 21">February 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Barnard" title="Elizabeth Barnard">Elizabeth Barnard</a>, Granddaughter of William Shakespeare (d. <a href="/wiki/1670" title="1670">1670</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_18" title="March 18">March 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ragueneau" title="Paul Ragueneau">Paul Ragueneau</a>, French Jesuit missionary (d. <a href="/wiki/1680" title="1680">1680</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_27" title="March 27">March 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rouse" title="Thomas Rouse">Thomas Rouse</a>, English politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1676" title="1676">1676</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_28" title="March 28">March 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Bouthillier,_comte_de_Chavigny" title="Léon Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny">Léon Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny</a>, French politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1652" title="1652">1652</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April–June_2"><span id="April.E2.80.93June_2"></span>April–June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: April–June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_13" title="April 13">April 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cornelis_Schrevel" title="Cornelis Schrevel">Cornelis Schrevel</a>, Dutch scholar (d. <a href="/wiki/1664" title="1664">1664</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_14" title="April 14">April 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Illiam_Dhone" title="Illiam Dhone">Illiam Dhone</a>, Manx politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1663" title="1663">1663</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_15" title="April 15">April 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_Fabri" title="Honoré Fabri">Honoré Fabri</a>, French mathematician (d. <a href="/wiki/1688" title="1688">1688</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Huddleston" title="John Huddleston">John Huddleston</a>, English monk of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Benedict" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of St. Benedict">Order of St. Benedict</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1698" title="1698">1698</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_20" title="April 20">April 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Rainbowe" title="Edward Rainbowe">Edward Rainbowe</a>, English clergyman and preacher (d. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_23" title="April 23">April 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Minor" title="Thomas Minor">Thomas Minor</a>, American city founder (d. <a href="/wiki/1690" title="1690">1690</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_24" title="April 24">April 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gaston,_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Gaston, Duke of Orléans">Gaston, Duke of Orléans</a>, third son of King Henry IV of France (d. <a href="/wiki/1660" title="1660">1660</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pieter_Post" title="Pieter Post">Pieter Post</a>, Dutch architect, painter and printmaker (d. <a href="/wiki/1669" title="1669">1669</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_15" title="May 15">May 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Goupil" title="René Goupil">René Goupil</a>, French Jesuit lay missionary (d. <a href="/wiki/1642" title="1642">1642</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June" title="June">June</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Fanshawe,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet">Richard Fanshawe</a>, English diplomat (d. <a href="/wiki/1666" title="1666">1666</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_19" title="June 19">June 19</a> <i>(bapt.)</i> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Fuller" title="Thomas Fuller">Thomas Fuller</a>, English churchman and historian (d. <a href="/wiki/1661" title="1661">1661</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July–September_2"><span id="July.E2.80.93September_2"></span>July–September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: July–September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_13" title="July 13">July 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor">Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1657" title="1657">1657</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_14" title="July 14">July 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Goring,_Lord_Goring" title="George Goring, Lord Goring">George Goring, Lord Goring</a>, English Royalist soldier (d. <a href="/wiki/1657" title="1657">1657</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_24" title="July 24">July 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sir_Philip_Wodehouse,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet">Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet</a>, English baronet (d. <a href="/wiki/1681" title="1681">1681</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_4" title="August 4">August 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Tradescant_the_Younger" title="John Tradescant the Younger">John Tradescant the Younger</a>, British botanist (d. <a href="/wiki/1662" title="1662">1662</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_15" title="August 15">August 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Howard,_22nd_Earl_of_Arundel" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel">Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel</a>, English politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1652" title="1652">1652</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_16" title="August 16">August 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Louis_Raduit_de_Souches" title="Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches">Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches</a>, German Imperial field marshal (d. <a href="/wiki/1682" title="1682">1682</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_20" title="August 20">August 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ludovicus_a_S._Carolo" class="mw-redirect" title="Ludovicus a S. Carolo">Ludovicus a S. Carolo</a>, French monk (d. <a href="/wiki/1670" title="1670">1670</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_30" title="August 30">August 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alonso_Perez_de_Leon" class="mw-redirect" title="Alonso Perez de Leon">Alonso Perez de Leon</a>, Spanish conquistador, explorer, man of letters (d. <a href="/wiki/1661" title="1661">1661</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_1" title="September 1">September 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Torelli" title="Giacomo Torelli">Giacomo Torelli</a>, Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (d. <a href="/wiki/1678" title="1678">1678</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_15" title="September 15">September 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Albergati-Ludovisi" title="Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi">Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi</a>, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. <a href="/wiki/1687" title="1687">1687</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_17" title="September 17">September 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cesare_Facchinetti" title="Cesare Facchinetti">Cesare Facchinetti</a>, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. <a href="/wiki/1683" title="1683">1683</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_19" title="September 19">September 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alfonso_Litta" title="Alfonso Litta">Alfonso Litta</a>, Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan (d. <a href="/wiki/1679" title="1679">1679</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_20" title="September 20">September 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luis_de_Benavides_Carrillo,_Marquis_of_Caracena" title="Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena">Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena</a>, Spanish general (d. <a href="/wiki/1668" title="1668">1668</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Olier" title="Jean-Jacques Olier">Jean-Jacques Olier</a>, French Catholic priest (d. <a href="/wiki/1657" title="1657">1657</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October–December_2"><span id="October.E2.80.93December_2"></span>October–December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: October–December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_3" title="October 3">October 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicole,_Duchess_of_Lorraine" title="Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine">Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine</a>, French noble (d. <a href="/wiki/1657" title="1657">1657</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_15" title="October 15">October 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Evangelista_Torricelli" title="Evangelista Torricelli">Evangelista Torricelli</a>, Italian physicist and mathematician (d. <a href="/wiki/1647" title="1647">1647</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_18" title="October 18">October 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Conant" title="John Conant">John Conant</a>, English theologian, clergyman, and academic administrator (d. <a href="/wiki/1694" title="1694">1694</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_5" title="November 5">November 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Margareta_Huitfeldt" title="Margareta Huitfeldt">Margareta Huitfeldt</a>, Norwegian-Swedish noble (d. <a href="/wiki/1683" title="1683">1683</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_9" title="November 9">November 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tiberio_Fiorilli" title="Tiberio Fiorilli">Tiberio Fiorilli</a>, Italian actor (d. <a href="/wiki/1694" title="1694">1694</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_10" title="November 10">November 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_of_Anhalt-Zerbst" title="Eleanor of Anhalt-Zerbst">Eleanor of Anhalt-Zerbst</a>, duchess by marriage of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg (d. <a href="/wiki/1681" title="1681">1681</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_13" title="November 13">November 13</a> <i>(bapt.)</i> – <a href="/wiki/John_Desborough" title="John Desborough">John Desborough</a>, English soldier and politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1680" title="1680">1680</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_16" title="November 16">November 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Freinsheim" title="Johann Freinsheim">Johann Freinsheim</a>, German classical scholar, critic (d. <a href="/wiki/1660" title="1660">1660</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_23" title="November 23">November 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Manuel_de_Mello" title="Francisco Manuel de Mello">Francisco Manuel de Mello</a>, Portuguese writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1666" title="1666">1666</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_6" title="December 6">December 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Monck,_1st_Duke_of_Albemarle" title="George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle">George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle</a>, English soldier (d. <a href="/wiki/1670" title="1670">1670</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_8" title="December 8">December 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vendela_Skytte" title="Vendela Skytte">Vendela Skytte</a>, Swedish noble (d. <a href="/wiki/1629" title="1629">1629</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_9" title="December 9">December 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Milton" title="John Milton">John Milton</a>, English poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1674" title="1674">1674</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_15" title="December 15">December 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joachim_L%C3%BCtkemann" title="Joachim Lütkemann">Joachim Lütkemann</a>, German theologian (d. <a href="/wiki/1655" title="1655">1655</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tufton,_2nd_Earl_of_Thanet" title="John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet">John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet</a>, English earl (d. <a href="/wiki/1664" title="1664">1664</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Date_unknown_2">Date unknown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Date unknown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barlow_(bishop)" title="Thomas Barlow (bishop)">Thomas Barlow</a>, Bishop of Lincoln, English churchman (d. <a href="/wiki/1691" title="1691">1691</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eudoxia_Streshneva" title="Eudoxia Streshneva">Eudoxia Streshneva</a>, Tsarina of <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_I_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mikhail I of Russia">Mikhail I of Russia</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1645" title="1645">1645</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ay%C5%9Fe_Sultan_(daughter_of_Ahmed_I)" title="Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Ahmed I)">Ayşe Sultan</a> and/or <a href="/wiki/Hanzade_Sultan_(daughter_of_Ahmed_I)" title="Hanzade Sultan (daughter of Ahmed I)">Hanzade Sultan</a>, Ottoman princesses, daughters of Ahmed I</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tugaru_Tamenobu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Tugaru_Tamenobu.jpg/110px-Tugaru_Tamenobu.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Tugaru_Tamenobu.jpg/165px-Tugaru_Tamenobu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Tugaru_Tamenobu.jpg/220px-Tugaru_Tamenobu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="667" data-file-height="658" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Tamenobu" title="Tsugaru Tamenobu">Tsugaru Tamenobu</a> died <a href="/wiki/29_March" class="mw-redirect" title="29 March">29 March</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Friedrich_I,_Herzog_von_W%C3%BCrttemberg_(1557-1608).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Friedrich_I%2C_Herzog_von_W%C3%BCrttemberg_%281557-1608%29.jpg/110px-Friedrich_I%2C_Herzog_von_W%C3%BCrttemberg_%281557-1608%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Friedrich_I%2C_Herzog_von_W%C3%BCrttemberg_%281557-1608%29.jpg/165px-Friedrich_I%2C_Herzog_von_W%C3%BCrttemberg_%281557-1608%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Friedrich_I%2C_Herzog_von_W%C3%BCrttemberg_%281557-1608%29.jpg/220px-Friedrich_I%2C_Herzog_von_W%C3%BCrttemberg_%281557-1608%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="236" data-file-height="332" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Frederick_I,_Duke_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg">Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg</a> died <a href="/wiki/29_January" class="mw-redirect" title="29 January">29 January</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Francis_Caracciolo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Saint_Francis_Caracciolo.jpg/110px-Saint_Francis_Caracciolo.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Saint_Francis_Caracciolo.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="157" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Francis_Caracciolo" title="Francis Caracciolo">Francis Caracciolo</a> died <a href="/wiki/4_June" class="mw-redirect" title="4 June">4 June</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JoachimFriedrichBrandenburg1600.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/JoachimFriedrichBrandenburg1600.JPG/110px-JoachimFriedrichBrandenburg1600.JPG" decoding="async" width="110" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/JoachimFriedrichBrandenburg1600.JPG/165px-JoachimFriedrichBrandenburg1600.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/JoachimFriedrichBrandenburg1600.JPG/220px-JoachimFriedrichBrandenburg1600.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1298" data-file-height="1676" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Joachim_III_Frederick,_Elector_of_Brandenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg">Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg</a> died <a href="/wiki/18_July" class="mw-redirect" title="18 July">18 July</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Portrait_of_an_old_woman_-_Alte_Pinakothek.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Portrait_of_an_old_woman_-_Alte_Pinakothek.jpg/110px-Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Portrait_of_an_old_woman_-_Alte_Pinakothek.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Portrait_of_an_old_woman_-_Alte_Pinakothek.jpg/165px-Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Portrait_of_an_old_woman_-_Alte_Pinakothek.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Portrait_of_an_old_woman_-_Alte_Pinakothek.jpg/220px-Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Portrait_of_an_old_woman_-_Alte_Pinakothek.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2092" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maria_Pypelinckx" title="Maria Pypelinckx">Maria Pypelinckx</a> died <a href="/wiki/19_October" class="mw-redirect" title="19 October">19 October</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January–March_3"><span id="January.E2.80.93March_3"></span>January–March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: January–March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_4" title="January 4">January 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Edgcumbe" title="Peter Edgcumbe">Peter Edgcumbe</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1536" title="1536">1536</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_18" title="January 18">January 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Couet" title="Jacques Couet">Jacques Couet</a>, French pastor (b. <a href="/wiki/1546" title="1546">1546</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_19" title="January 19">January 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Maciejowski" title="Bernard Maciejowski">Bernard Maciejowski</a>, Polish Catholic archbishop (b. <a href="/wiki/1548" title="1548">1548</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_28" title="January 28">January 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Enrique_Henr%C3%ADquez" title="Enrique Henríquez">Enrique Henríquez</a>, Portuguese theologian (b. <a href="/wiki/1536" title="1536">1536</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Frederick_I,_Duke_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg">Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg</a>, son of George of Mömpelgard and his wife Barbara of Hesse (b. <a href="/wiki/1557" title="1557">1557</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_13" title="February 13">February 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Konstanty_Wasyl_Ostrogski" title="Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski">Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski</a>, Lithuanian prince (b. <a href="/wiki/1526" title="1526">1526</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_13" title="February 13">February 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bess_of_Hardwick" title="Bess of Hardwick">Bess of Hardwick</a>, Countess of Shrewsbury (b. <a href="/wiki/1527" title="1527">1527</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_26" title="February 26">February 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Still" title="John Still">John Still</a>, English Bishop of Bath and Wells, famed as a preacher (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1543" title="1543">1543</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_27" title="February 27">February 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henri,_Duke_of_Montpensier" class="mw-redirect" title="Henri, Duke of Montpensier">Henri, Duke of Montpensier</a>, French noble (b. <a href="/wiki/1573" title="1573">1573</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_12" title="March 12">March 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Driki_Kiyonaga" title="Kōriki Kiyonaga">Kōriki Kiyonaga</a>, Japanese warlord (b. <a href="/wiki/1530" title="1530">1530</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_16" title="March 16">March 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seonjo_of_Joseon" title="Seonjo of Joseon">Seonjo of Joseon</a>, King of Joseon (b. <a href="/wiki/1552" title="1552">1552</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_29" title="March 29">March 29</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Tomson" title="Laurence Tomson">Laurence Tomson</a>, English Calvinist theologian (b. <a href="/wiki/1539" title="1539">1539</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsugaru_Tamenobu" title="Tsugaru Tamenobu">Tsugaru Tamenobu</a>, Japanese daimyō (b. <a href="/wiki/1550" title="1550">1550</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April–June_3"><span id="April.E2.80.93June_3"></span>April–June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: April–June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_8" title="April 8">April 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Magdalen_Dacre" title="Magdalen Dacre">Magdalen Dacre</a>, English noble (b. <a href="/wiki/1538" title="1538">1538</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_9" title="April 9">April 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pomponio_Torelli" title="Pomponio Torelli">Pomponio Torelli</a>, Italian writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1539" title="1539">1539</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_18" title="April 18">April 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jakob_Christoph_Blarer_von_Wartensee" title="Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee">Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee</a>, Roman Catholic bishop (b. <a href="/wiki/1542" title="1542">1542</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_19" title="April 19">April 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sackville,_1st_Earl_of_Dorset" title="Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset">Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset</a>, English statesman and poet (b. <a href="/wiki/1536" title="1536">1536</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_29" title="April 29">April 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maria_Anna_of_Bavaria_(1551%E2%80%931608)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551–1608)">Maria Anna of Bavaria</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1551" title="1551">1551</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_11" title="May 11">May 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Luca_Conforti" title="Giovanni Luca Conforti">Giovanni Luca Conforti</a>, Italian composer and singer (b. <a href="/wiki/1560" title="1560">1560</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_14" title="May 14">May 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_III,_Duke_of_Lorraine" title="Charles III, Duke of Lorraine">Charles III, Duke of Lorraine</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1542" title="1542">1542</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_15" title="May 15">May 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Napier_(landowner)" title="Archibald Napier (landowner)">Archibald Napier</a>, Scottish landowner (b. <a href="/wiki/1534" title="1534">1534</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_22" title="May 22">May 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Juan_Bautista_Villalpando" title="Juan Bautista Villalpando">Juan Bautista Villalpando</a>, Spanish architect and mathematician (b. <a href="/wiki/1552" title="1552">1552</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_1" title="June 1">June 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie_Eleonore_of_Cleves" title="Marie Eleonore of Cleves">Marie Eleonore of Cleves</a>, Duchess consort of Prussia (1573–1608) (b. <a href="/wiki/1550" title="1550">1550</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_4" title="June 4">June 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francis_Caracciolo_(saint)" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis Caracciolo (saint)">Francis Caracciolo</a>, Italian Catholic priest (b. <a href="/wiki/1563" title="1563">1563</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_5" title="June 5">June 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ippolito_Andreasi" title="Ippolito Andreasi">Ippolito Andreasi</a>, Italian painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1548" title="1548">1548</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_19" title="June 19">June 19</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alberico_Gentili" title="Alberico Gentili">Alberico Gentili</a>, Italian jurist (b. <a href="/wiki/1551" title="1551">1551</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Pistorius" title="Johann Pistorius">Johann Pistorius</a>, German historian (b. <a href="/wiki/1546" title="1546">1546</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July–September_3"><span id="July.E2.80.93September_3"></span>July–September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: July–September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_3" title="July 3">July 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Barclay_(jurist)" title="William Barclay (jurist)">William Barclay</a>, Scottish academic lawyer (b. <a href="/wiki/1546" title="1546">1546</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_18" title="July 18">July 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joachim_Friedrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Joachim Friedrich">Joachim Friedrich</a>, Elector of Brandenburg (b. <a href="/wiki/1546" title="1546">1546</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_25" title="July 25">July 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pomponio_Nenna" title="Pomponio Nenna">Pomponio Nenna</a>, Italian composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1556" title="1556">1556</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_30" title="July 30">July 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rory_O%27Donnell,_1st_Earl_of_Tyrconnell" title="Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell">Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1575" title="1575">1575</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_13" title="August 13">August 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giambologna" title="Giambologna">Giambologna</a>, Italian sculptor (b. <a href="/wiki/1529" title="1529">1529</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_4" title="September 4">September 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Juan_de_Z%C3%BA%C3%B1iga_y_Avellaneda" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan de Zúñiga y Avellaneda">Juan de Zúñiga y Avellaneda</a>, Spanish nobleman (b. <a href="/wiki/1551" title="1551">1551</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_8" title="September 8">September 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jer%C3%B3nimo_Xavierre" title="Jerónimo Xavierre">Jerónimo Xavierre</a>, Spanish cardinal (b. <a href="/wiki/1546" title="1546">1546</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_14" title="September 14">September 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Christoph_Schissler" title="Christoph Schissler">Christoph Schissler</a>, German scientific instrument maker (b. <a href="/wiki/1531" title="1531">1531</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_20" title="September 20">September 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kanamori_Nagachika" title="Kanamori Nagachika">Kanamori Nagachika</a>, Japanese samurai (b. <a href="/wiki/1524" title="1524">1524</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_28" title="September 28">September 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henri,_Duke_of_Joyeuse" title="Henri, Duke of Joyeuse">Henri, Duke of Joyeuse</a>, French general (b. <a href="/wiki/1563" title="1563">1563</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October–December_3"><span id="October.E2.80.93December_3"></span>October–December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: October–December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_11" title="October 11">October 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Ambrogio_Figino" title="Giovanni Ambrogio Figino">Giovanni Ambrogio Figino</a>, Italian painter (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1549" title="1549">1549</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_17" title="October 17">October 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Luca_Bati" title="Luca Bati">Luca Bati</a>, Italian composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1546" title="1546">1546</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_19" title="October 19">October 19</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Delrio" title="Martin Delrio">Martin Delrio</a>, Flemish theologian and occultist (b. <a href="/wiki/1551" title="1551">1551</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Fenton" title="Geoffrey Fenton">Geoffrey Fenton</a>, English writer and politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1539" title="1539">1539</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Pypelinckx" title="Maria Pypelinckx">Maria Pypelinckx</a>, Dutch writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1538" title="1538">1538</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_26" title="October 26">October 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Philipp_Nicolai" title="Philipp Nicolai">Philipp Nicolai</a>, German Lutheran pastor (b. <a href="/wiki/1556" title="1556">1556</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_29" title="October 29">October 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(High_Sheriff_of_Kent)" title="John Smith (High Sheriff of Kent)">John Smith</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1557" title="1557">1557</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_24" title="November 24">November 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Giorgi" title="Giovanni Battista Giorgi">Giovanni Battista Giorgi</a>, Italian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ston (1606–1608) (b. <a href="/wiki/1536" title="1536">1536</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_21" title="December 21">December 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Davison_(diplomat)" title="William Davison (diplomat)">William Davison</a>, secretary to Queen <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth I of England</a> (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1541" title="1541">1541</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_29" title="December 29">December 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Schalling_the_Younger" title="Martin Schalling the Younger">Martin Schalling the Younger</a>, German theologian (b. <a href="/wiki/1532" title="1532">1532</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Date_unknown_3">Date unknown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Date unknown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Bannatyne" title="George Bannatyne">George Bannatyne</a>, collector of Scottish poems (b. <a href="/wiki/1545" title="1545">1545</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1608&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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