1623
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Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
Decades: | 1590s 1600s 1610s – 1620s – 1630s 1640s 1650s |
Years: | 1620 1621 1622 – 1623 – 1624 1625 1626 |
1623 Media
August 6: The Battle of Stadtlohn takes place.
Pope Gregory XV died 8 July
1623 (MDCXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1623rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 623rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 23rd year of the 17th century, and the 4th year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1623, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Deaths
- February 8 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (b. 1546)
- March 19 – Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)
- June 16 – Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)
- July 4 – William Byrd, English composer
- July 8 – Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
- October 21 – William Waad, English statesman and diplomat (b. 1546)
- November 9 – William Camden, English historian (b. 1551)
- November 11 – Philippe de Mornay, French writer (b. 1549)
- November 12 – Josaphat Kuncevyc, Lithuanian archbishop
- Andrea Andreani, Italian engraver (b. 1540)