WHAT HAPPENED IN 1600.
Look what happened the 1600.

Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25. (1. January 1600)

The philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive, for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome. (17. February 1600)

The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America. (19. February 1600)

The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. (20. March 1600)

The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place. (5. August 1600)

Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara. (23. August 1600)

Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period (6. October 1600)

San Marino adopts its written constitution. (8. October 1600)

Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara, which marks the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate that in effect rules Japan until the mid-nineteenth century. (21. October 1600)

Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici. (17. December 1600)

The British East India Company is chartered. (31. December 1600)