1599

1599 (MDXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1599th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 599th year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th year of the 16th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1590s decade. As of the start of 1599, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

1599 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1599 MDXCIX
Ab urbe condita	2352
Armenian calendar	1048 ԹՎ ՌԽԸ
Assyrian calendar	6349
Balinese saka calendar	1520–1521
Bengali calendar	1006
Berber calendar	2549
English Regnal year	41 Eliz. 1 – 42 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2143
Burmese calendar	961
Byzantine calendar	7107–7108
Chinese calendar	戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 4295 or 4235     — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 4296 or 4236
Coptic calendar	1315–1316
Discordian calendar	2765
Ethiopian calendar	1591–1592
Hebrew calendar	5359–5360
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1655–1656
- Shaka Samvat	1520–1521
- Kali Yuga	4699–4700
Holocene calendar	11599
Igbo calendar	599–600
Iranian calendar	977–978
Islamic calendar	1007–1008
Japanese calendar	Keichō 4 (慶長４年)
Javanese calendar	1519–1520
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3932
Minguo calendar	313 before ROC 民前313年
Nanakshahi calendar	131
Thai solar calendar	2141–2142
Tibetan calendar	ས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dog) 1725 or 1344 or 572     — to — ས་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Earth-Boar) 1726 or 1345 or 573

Events

• January 8 – The Jesuit educational plan known as the Ratio Studiorum is issued.
• June 20 – The Synod of Diamper is convened.
• August 15 – First Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces defeat the English.
• September 21 – The first reported performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Globe Theatre in London, is recorded by Swiss traveller Thomas Platter the Younger.
• * October 18 – Battle of Sellenberk: Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the army of Andrew Báthory near Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded uniting of the Romanians.