1612

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1580s  1590s  1600s  – 1610s –  1620s  1630s  1640s
Years:	1609 1610 1611 – 1612 – 1613 1614 1615

1612 Media

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  November 30: Battle of Swally

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  • Cropped detail of Thomas Killigrew, by Sir Anthony Van Dyck (died 1641). See source website for additional information.
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  Autoritratto

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  Portrait of Jan Meyssens after a self-portrait, by his son.

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  Portrait of Margherita de' Medici (1612-1679), wife of Odoardo Farnese (1612-1646).

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  FransHalsFransPost(WorcesterArtMuseum)

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  Sir Leonard Halliday; Lord Mayor of London 1605.

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  Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah

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  Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

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  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg

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1612 (MDCXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar.

Events

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