1614
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1580s 1590s 1600s – 1610s – 1620s 1630s 1640s |
| Years: | 1611 1612 1613 – 1614 – 1615 1616 1617 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1614 MDCXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2367 |
| Armenian calendar | 1063 ԹՎ ՌԿԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6364 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1535–1536 |
| Bengali calendar | 1021 |
| Berber calendar | 2564 |
| English Regnal year | 11 Ja. 1 – 12 Ja. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2158 |
| Burmese calendar | 976 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7122–7123 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4310 or 4250 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4311 or 4251 |
| Coptic calendar | 1330–1331 |
| Discordian calendar | 2780 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1606–1607 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5374–5375 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1670–1671 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1535–1536 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4714–4715 |
| Holocene calendar | 11614 |
| Igbo calendar | 614–615 |
| Iranian calendar | 992–993 |
| Islamic calendar | 1022–1023 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō 19 (慶長１９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1534–1535 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3947 |
| Minguo calendar | 298 before ROC 民前298年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 146 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2156–2157 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 1740 or 1359 or 587 — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 1741 or 1360 or 588 |
1614 (MDCXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1614th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 614th year of the 2nd millennium, the 14th year of the 17th century, and the 5th year of the 1610s decade. As of the start of 1614, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change | change source]- April 5 – In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
- October 11 – Adriaen Block and a group of Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the area he explored and named "New Netherland".
- The French Estates-General meets for the last time before the era of the French Revolution. In between, France will be governed as an absolute monarchy.
- John Napier publishes a paper outlining his discovery of logarithms.
- The University of Groningen is established.
- Institution of the Rosicrucian Order in Germany according to Fraternitas Rosae Crucis.
- Toyotomi Hideyori attempts to restore Osaka Castle. Tokugawa Ieyasu, father of the Shogun, is outraged at this act, and takes the castle by storm.
Births
[change | change source]- January 1 – John Wilkins, English clergyman (d. 1672)
- January 5 – Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (d. 1662)
- July 10 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686)
- December 16 – Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
- Franciscus Sylvius, German scientist (d. 1672)