1603

1603 () was a of the  (or a  of the 10-day slower ).

January - June

 * March -, French explorer, sails to.
 * - dies and is succeeded by her cousin's grandson, King, uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
 * – Funeral of in.

July - December

 * or -  arrested for.
 * - Coronation of.
 * August - returns to
 * - Sir goes on trial for  in the converted Great Hall of.
 * -  of the  dies and is succeeded by his son.

Undated

 * 's Uranometria, an atlas of the southern sky, is published.
 * granted title of from  of  and establishes the Edo or  in, Japan.  This ends the  and begins the.
 * founded.
 * is granted royal permission to settle in North America.
 * Rebellion in.
 * in England.
 * English crush Irish rebellion. surrenders.
 * deposed as by, who appoints his cousin  to replace him.

Births

 * January -, English dramatist (d. )
 * -, English politician (d. )
 * , English colonial magistrate (d. )
 * King (d. )
 * -, French statesman (d. )
 * -, Italian saint (d. )
 * -, English privateer and alchemist (d. )
 * -, Swedish soldier and politician (d. )
 * -, German scholar (d. )
 * - ,Dutch solidier and military engineer (d. )
 * -, Japanese nobleman (d. )
 * -, a Dutch seafarer and explorer (d. )
 * -, Polish prior of the Jasna Góra Monastery (d. )
 * -, English theologian and colonist (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , French monk and priest (died )
 * , English Member of Parliament (died )
 * , English Member of Parliament (died )
 * , Dutch theologian (died )
 * , one of the founders of the Académie française (died )
 * , French lutenist and composer (died )
 * probable
 * , Dutch painter (died )
 * , French statesman and soldier (died )
 * , French statesman and soldier (died )

See also .

Deaths

 * -, Lady in waiting to
 * -, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. )
 * - Queen (b. )
 * -, Japanese warlord (b. )
 * – (b. )
 * June -, Italian composer and singer (b. )
 * -, Polish archbishop, writer, and diplomat (b. )
 * -, Flemish composer (b. )
 * -, English politician (b. )
 * -, French philosopher (b. )
 * –, Polish nobleman (b. )
 * -, English conspirator (b. )
 * -, English scientist (plague) (b. )
 * -, French mathematician (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, English Puritan clergyman
 * date unknown
 * , English navigator
 * , English explorer (b. )
 * , Polish nobleman (b. )
 * , Japanese military commander (b. )
 * , general of
 * probable
 * , Irish noblewoman and pirate (b. )

See also .