1612

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century–17th century–18th century
Decades:	1580s1590s1600s–1610s–1620s1630s1640s
Years:	160916101611–1612–161316141615

1612 in othercalendars

Gregorian calendar	1612 MDCXII
Ab urbe condita	2365
Armenian calendar	1061 ԹՎ ՌԿԱ
Assyrian calendar	6362
Balinese saka calendar	1533–1534
Bengali calendar	1019
Berber calendar	2562
English Regnal year	9Ja. 1– 10Ja. 1
Buddhist calendar	2156
Burmese calendar	974
Byzantine calendar	7120–7121
Chinese calendar	Tân hợiNăm(MetalPig) 4308 or 4248 — to — Nhâm tử năm(WaterRat) 4309 or 4249
Coptic calendar	1328–1329
Discordian calendar	2778
Ethiopian calendar	1604–1605
Hebrew calendar	5372–5373
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1668–1669
-Shaka Samvat	1533–1534
-Kali Yuga	4712–4713
Holocene calendar	11612
Igbo calendar	612–613
Iranian calendar	990–991
Islamic calendar	1020–1021
Japanese calendar	Keichō17 ( khánh trường １７ năm )
Javanese calendar	1532–1533
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3945
Minguo calendar	300 beforeROC Dân trước 300 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	144
Thai solar calendar	2154–2155
Tibetan calendar	Âm kim heo năm (female Iron-Pig) 1738 or 1357 or 585 — to — Dương thủy chuột năm (male Water-Rat) 1739 or 1358 or 586

1612(MDCXII) was aleap yearstarting on Sundayof theGregorian calendarand aleap year starting on Wednesdayof theJulian calendar,the 1612th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 612th year of the2nd millennium,the 12th year of the17th century,and the 3rd year of the1610sdecade. As of the start of 1612, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• Sasaki Kojiro, a famous swordsmen instructor and general, under Tokugawa Ieyasu, was slain in a duel against legendary swordsman, Musashi Miyamoto at Hesagigawa.