1612

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1580s  1590s  1600s  – 1610s –  1620s  1630s  1640s
Years:	1609 1610 1611 – 1612 – 1613 1614 1615

1612 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1612 MDCXII
Ab urbe condita	2365
Armenian calendar	1061 ԹՎ ՌԿԱ
Assyrian calendar	6362
Balinese saka calendar	1533–1534
Bengali calendar	1019
Berber calendar	2562
English Regnal year	9 Ja. 1 – 10 Ja. 1
Buddhist calendar	2156
Burmese calendar	974
Byzantine calendar	7120–7121
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4308 or 4248     — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 4309 or 4249
Coptic calendar	1328–1329
Discordian calendar	2778
Ethiopian calendar	1604–1605
Hebrew calendar	5372–5373
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1668–1669
- Shaka Samvat	1533–1534
- Kali Yuga	4712–4713
Holocene calendar	11612
Igbo calendar	612–613
Iranian calendar	990–991
Islamic calendar	1020–1021
Japanese calendar	Keichō 17 (慶長１７年)
Javanese calendar	1532–1533
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3945
Minguo calendar	300 before ROC 民前300年
Nanakshahi calendar	144
Thai solar calendar	2154–2155
Tibetan calendar	阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1738 or 1357 or 585     — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1739 or 1358 or 586

1612 (MDCXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1612th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 612th year of the 2nd millennium, the 12th year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1610s decade. As of the start of 1612, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• Sasaki Kojiro, a famous swordsmen instructor and general, under Tokugawa Ieyasu, was slain in a duel against legendary swordsman, Musashi Miyamoto at Hesagigawa.