1611
year
1611 (MDCXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1611th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 611th year of the 2nd millennium, the 11th year of the 17th century, and the 2nd year of the 1610s decade. As of the start of 1611, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1580s 1590s 1600s – 1610s – 1620s 1630s 1640s |
| Years: | 1608 1609 1610 – 1611 – 1612 1613 1614 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1611 MDCXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2364 |
| Armenian calendar | 1060 ԹՎ ՌԿ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6361 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1532–1533 |
| Bengali calendar | 1018 |
| Berber calendar | 2561 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Ja. 1 – 9 Ja. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2155 |
| Burmese calendar | 973 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7119–7120 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4307 or 4247 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4308 or 4248 |
| Coptic calendar | 1327–1328 |
| Discordian calendar | 2777 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1603–1604 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5371–5372 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1667–1668 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1532–1533 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4711–4712 |
| Holocene calendar | 11611 |
| Igbo calendar | 611–612 |
| Iranian calendar | 989–990 |
| Islamic calendar | 1019–1020 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō 16 (慶長１６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1531–1532 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3944 |
| Minguo calendar | 301 before ROC 民前301年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 143 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2153–2154 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1737 or 1356 or 584 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1738 or 1357 or 585 |
Events
change- June 23 – Henry Hudson's crew maroons him, his son and 7 others in a boat
- November 1 – At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time.
- Gustavus Adolphus becomes king of Sweden
- Denmark attacks Sweden
- King James Version of the Bible first published in England
- George Abbot becomes archbishop of Canterbury
- Johannes and David Fabricius discover sunspots
- End of the reign of Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan
- Emperor Go-Mizunoo ascends to the throne of Japan
- Gov. Sir Thomas Dale arrives at Jamestown from England announcing new rules called "Laws Divine, Morall and Martial."
- Thomas Dale founds the city of Henricus on the James River a few miles south of present-day Richmond, Virginia