'''1600''' ([[Roman numerals|MDC]]) was a [[century leap year]] [[Leap year starting on Saturday|starting on Saturday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. It was the 1600th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 600th year of the [[2nd millennium]], the 100th and last year of the [[16th century]], and the first year of the [[1600s]]. The Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar as of the start of the year. The Julian calendar remained in localized use until 1923.
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'''1600''' ([[Roman numerals|MDC]]) was a [[century leap year]] [[Leap year starting on Saturday|starting on Saturday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. It was the last year of the [[16th century]].
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This was the last century leap year until the year [[2000]].
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1600 was also the last century leap year until the year [[2000]].
== Events ==
== Events ==
* [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] adopts the [[Gregorian Calendar]]
* [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] adopts the [[Gregorian Calendar]]