1596

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century–16th century–17th century
Decades:	1560s1570s1580s–1590s–1600s1610s1620s
Years:	159315941595–1596–159715981599

1596 in othercalendars

Gregorian calendar	1596 MDXCVI
Ab urbe condita	2349
Armenian calendar	1045 ԹՎ ՌԽԵ
Assyrian calendar	6346
Balinese saka calendar	1517–1518
Bengali calendar	1003
Berber calendar	2546
English Regnal year	38Eliz. 1– 39Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2140
Burmese calendar	958
Byzantine calendar	7104–7105
Chinese calendar	Ất vịNiên(WoodGoat) 4292 or 4232 — to — Bính thân niên(FireMonkey) 4293 or 4233
Coptic calendar	1312–1313
Discordian calendar	2762
Ethiopian calendar	1588–1589
Hebrew calendar	5356–5357
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1652–1653
-Shaka Samvat	1517–1518
-Kali Yuga	4696–4697
Holocene calendar	11596
Igbo calendar	596–597
Iranian calendar	974–975
Islamic calendar	1004–1005
Japanese calendar	Bunroku5 /Keichō1 ( khánh trường nguyên niên )
Javanese calendar	1516–1517
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3929
Minguo calendar	316 beforeROC Dân tiền 316 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	128
Thai solar calendar	2138–2139
Tibetan calendar	Âm mộc dương niên (female Wood-Goat) 1722 or 1341 or 569 — to — Dương hỏa hầu niên (male Fire-Monkey) 1723 or 1342 or 570

1596(MDXCVI) was aleap yearstarting on Mondayof theGregorian calendarand aleap year starting on Thursdayof theJulian calendar,the 1596th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 596th year of the2nd millennium,the 96th year of the16th century,and the 7th year of the1590sdecade. As of the start of 1596, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Births

• March 31–René Descartes,Frenchphilosopherandphysicist
• June 29–Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan
• Micheal I of Russia,RussianTsar

Deaths

• January 28– SirFrancis Drake,Englishexplorer

Events

• Warsawbecomes the capital ofPoland.
• The Cudel Warstarts inFinland