1603
| Years: 1600 1601 1602 - 1603 - 1604 1605 1606 | |
| Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1603 in literature 1603 in science | |
Events
- March 24 - Death of Elizabeth I of England - her cousin King James VI of Scotland succeeds her uniting the crowns of Scotland and England
- April 28 – Funeral of Elizabeth I of England in Westminster Abbey
- July 17 or July 19 - Sir Walter Raleigh arrested for treason.
- July 25 - Coronation of James I of England. By some criteria this was the start of the modern Great Britain
- November 17 - Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason in the converted Great hall of Winchester Castle
- Change of Emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mehmed III (1595-1603) to Ahmed I (1603-1617)
- Johann Bayer's Uranometria, an atlas of the southern sky, is published.
- Tokugawa Ieyasu granted title of shogun from the emperor of Japan and establishes the Edo or Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo, Japan. This ends the Azuchi-Momoyama period and begins the Edo period.
- Accademia dei Lincei founded
- Huguenot Pierre de Gua is granted royal permission to settle in North America
- Rebellion in Transylvania
- Plague in England
- English crush Irish rebellion, Earl of Tyrone surrenders
Births
- Denis Gaultier - A French lutenist and composer.
- March 18 - King John IV of Portugal (d. 1656)
Deaths
- March 24 - Queen Elizabeth I of England, Wales and Ireland.
- December 22 - Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor
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