1608

1608 was a leap year.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1570s  1580s  1590s  – 1600s –  1610s  1620s  1630s
Years:	1605 1606 1607 – 1608 – 1609 1610 1611

Events

• March 18 – Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia
• May 14 – Protestant Union founded in Auhausen.
• July 3 – Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain.
• August 24 – The first official English representative to India lands at Surat.
• October 2 – Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey demonstrates the first telescope in the Dutch parliament
• Swedish troops enter Moscow
• First cheques come to use in Netherlands
• Quebec city is founded by Samuel De Champlain