1611

Millennium: 2nd millennium
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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.

May 2: King James Version of the Bible first published
June 22: Explorer Henry Hudson and eight of his crew are abandoned at Hudson Bay after mutiny (pictured: The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, painted by John Collier in 1881)
1611 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1611
MDCXI
Ab urbe condita2364
Armenian calendar1060
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Assyrian calendar6361
Balinese saka calendar1532–1533
Bengali calendar1018
Berber calendar2561
English Regnal yearJa. 1 – 9 Ja. 1
Buddhist calendar2155
Burmese calendar973
Byzantine calendar7119–7120
Chinese calendar庚戌年 (Metal Dog)
4308 or 4101
    — to —
辛亥年 (Metal Pig)
4309 or 4102
Coptic calendar1327–1328
Discordian calendar2777
Ethiopian calendar1603–1604
Hebrew calendar5371–5372
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1667–1668
 - Shaka Samvat1532–1533
 - Kali Yuga4711–4712
Holocene calendar11611
Igbo calendar611–612
Iranian calendar989–990
Islamic calendar1019–1020
Japanese calendarKeichō 16
(慶長16年)
Javanese calendar1531–1532
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3944
Minguo calendar301 before ROC
民前301年
Nanakshahi calendar143
Thai solar calendar2153–2154
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
February 27: Sunspots are observed for the first time.