Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s

Years: 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600 - 1601 - 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606


See also:
Events
Births Deaths
  • Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer
  • Scipione Ammirato, Italian historian

Satire

Mark Twain's 1601, subtitled "Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors", is a vulgar satire supposedly taken from Pepys' diaries.\n