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The 1600s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1609 BC to December 31, 1600 BC.
June 29 – A fleet of ships from the Kingdom of Spain, assisted by a French warship, fights a battle in the Mediterranean Sea against a larger fleet of 23 ships from the North African Eyalet of Tunisia and sinks 21 of them. The other two Tunisian ships are captured.
The International Olympic Committee was established in 1894 by a congress organized by Pierre de Coubertin in Paris. The committee appointed the Greek capital Athens as the host city, and the games took place from 6 to 15 April 1896. According to the committee, 14 nations took part, and 241 male athletes competed.
c. 1600 BC–1200 BC—Hittite iron tools and weapons. c. 1600 BC – 1200 BC—Tiryns, Ancient Greece, is inhabited. c. 1600 BC – Kings and princes on the mainland Greece have begun building large aboveground burial places commonly referred to as beehive tombs because of their rounded, conical shape.
Events. November 5, 1605 – The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the British Parliament. 1607 – John Smith of Jamestown enters Virginia and meets the princess, Pocahontas. September 2, 1609 – Henry Hudson enters New York Bay. Galileo popularized the astronomical use of the telescope.
The category is for articles and events specifically related to the decade of the 1600s which begins in the year 1600 and ends in the year 1609
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