1602
year
1602 (MDCII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1602nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 602nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 2nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1600s decade. As of the start of 1602, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1570s 1580s 1590s – 1600s – 1610s 1620s 1630s |
| Years: | 1599 1600 1601 – 1602 – 1603 1604 1605 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1602 MDCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2355 |
| Armenian calendar | 1051 ԹՎ ՌԾԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6352 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1523–1524 |
| Bengali calendar | 1009 |
| Berber calendar | 2552 |
| English Regnal year | 44 Eliz. 1 – 45 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2146 |
| Burmese calendar | 964 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7110–7111 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4298 or 4238 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4299 or 4239 |
| Coptic calendar | 1318–1319 |
| Discordian calendar | 2768 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1594–1595 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5362–5363 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1658–1659 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1523–1524 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4702–4703 |
| Holocene calendar | 11602 |
| Igbo calendar | 602–603 |
| Iranian calendar | 980–981 |
| Islamic calendar | 1010–1011 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō 7 (慶長７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1522–1523 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3935 |
| Minguo calendar | 310 before ROC 民前310年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 134 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2144–2145 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1728 or 1347 or 575 — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1729 or 1348 or 576 |
Events
change- 3 January – Battle of Kinsale – the battle happened on 3 January 1602 according to the Gregorian Calendar used by the Irish and Spanish forces in the battle, although, for the English who were still using the old Julian Calendar, the date of the battle was 24 December 1601
- February 14 – William Shakespeare First performance of Twelfth Night on Candlemas
- March 20 – The Dutch East India Company is established as The United East India Company by the Dutch States-General
- May 15 – Bartolomew Gosnold becomes the first European to discover Cape Cod.
- June – James Lancaster's East India Company fleet arrives at Achin (now Aceh), Sumatra to deal with the local ruler. Having defeated Portugal's ally, the ruler is happy to do business, and Lancaster seizes a large Portuguese Galleon and loots it.
- November 8 – The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
- December 11 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (This actually took place after midnight, in the early morning of December 12, but commemorations/celebrations on Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend.)
- Ben Jonson writes Poetaster
- William Shakespeare writes The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Persia and Spain conclude a defensive alliance and declare war on the Ottoman Empire
- In Praque, Florian Mathias performs the first successful bowel surgery – removes a dagger from stomach
- Jesuit missionary Jeronimo de Angeluin arrives in Japan
- A private trading company is established in Copenhagen, with the monopoly on the trade with Iceland.