1604
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1570s 1580s 1590s – 1600s – 1610s 1620s 1630s |
| Years: | 1601 1602 1603 – 1604 – 1605 1606 1607 |
1604 Media
August 28: The Treaty of London concludes the Anglo-Spanish War
Statue of Tokugawa Iemitsu; Collection of Kinzanji Temple; Donation of Okayama Prefectural Museum
Portrait au crayon de Catherine de Bourbon (1558-1604), princesse de France et de Navarre, duchesse de Bar. Recueil. Portraits dessinés de la Cour de France, Planche 3.
- JohnWhitgiftfromNPG
Engraving with Blessed Gaspar de Bono. Retrato del beato Gaspar Bono, ilustración de Francesco Folch Miloni: "Vita del Beato Gasparo de Bono", Roma, 1786. Inscripción: "Vera effigies B. Gasparis de Bono Praesidis Valentinae Provinciae Ordinis Minimorum S. Francisci de Paula. Obiit Valentiae die 14 Julii anno 1604". Firmado y fechado al pie: Romae 1786 / Ps Bombelli inc.
- Hamida Banu Begum, wife of Mughal Emperor Humayun. Anglo-Indian school at Lucknow Hamida Banu Begum's legacy is the mausoleum she commissioned, Humayun's Tomb, following his death.
1604 (MDCIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1604th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 604th year of the 2nd millennium, the 4th year of the 17th century, and the 5th year of the 1600s decade. As of the start of 1604, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
- January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans
- September 20 – Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three-year siege.
- October 9 – Supernova 1604 is observed. As of this writing, this was the last supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
- November 1 – At Whitehall Palace in London, the William Shakespeare tragedy Othello is presented for the first time.
- The Sikh Holy Scripture Guru Granth Sahib is compiled and edited by Guru Arjan .
- Luis Váez de Torres is the first European to sail through the Torres Strait.
- France begins settling Acadia, first successful French North American colony
- France begins settling French Guiana.
- England concludes the Treaty of London with Spain, ending its involvement in the Eighty Years' War.
- Peter Blundell founds Blundell's School in Tiverton, England.
- Za Dengel deposed as Emperor of Ethiopia by Za Sellase, who restores his cousin Yaqob.
- The first known English Dictionary to be organized by alphabetical ordering was published.