1608 (MDCVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1608th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 608th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 17th century, and the 9th year of the 1600s decade. As of the start of 1608, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
January 11: Jamestown's John Smith released from imprisonment by Chief Powhatan
July 3: Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec City.
1608 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1608
MDCVIII
Ab urbe condita2361
Armenian calendar1057
ԹՎ ՌԾԷ
Assyrian calendar6358
Balinese saka calendar1529–1530
Bengali calendar1015
Berber calendar2558
English Regnal yearJa. 1 – 6 Ja. 1
Buddhist calendar2152
Burmese calendar970
Byzantine calendar7116–7117
Chinese calendar丁未年 (Fire Goat)
4305 or 4098
    — to —
戊申年 (Earth Monkey)
4306 or 4099
Coptic calendar1324–1325
Discordian calendar2774
Ethiopian calendar1600–1601
Hebrew calendar5368–5369
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1664–1665
 - Shaka Samvat1529–1530
 - Kali Yuga4708–4709
Holocene calendar11608
Igbo calendar608–609
Iranian calendar986–987
Islamic calendar1016–1017
Japanese calendarKeichō 13
(慶長13年)
Javanese calendar1528–1529
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3941
Minguo calendar304 before ROC
民前304年
Nanakshahi calendar140
Thai solar calendar2150–2151
Tibetan calendar阴火羊年
(female Fire-Goat)
1734 or 1353 or 581
    — to —
阳土猴年
(male Earth-Monkey)
1735 or 1354 or 582

Events

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Births

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John Tradescant the Younger born 4 August
 
John Milton born 9 December

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Deaths

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Tsugaru Tamenobu died 29 March
 
Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg died 29 January
 
Francis Caracciolo died 4 June
 
Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg died 18 July
 
Maria Pypelinckx died 19 October

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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References

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