1598
1598 is the year the Edict of Nantes granted French Protestants toleration.
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Where 1598 fits
Why 1598 is special
It ended decades of religious war by giving Huguenots legal rights and fortified towns. It was revoked in 1685, and the resulting emigration cost France a substantial part of its skilled workforce.
Same number, different meanings
How 1598 is understood across different contexts — never implying one meaning because of another.
- Mathematics
It ended decades of religious war by giving Huguenots legal rights and fortified towns. It was revoked in 1685, and the resulting emigration cost France a substantial part of its skilled workforce.
- History
In 1598, the Edict of Nantes granted substantial rights to French Protestants (France).
- Law & regulation
Nantes gave French Protestants legal protection in 1598 and Louis XIV revoked it in 1685. The emigration that followed took skilled artisans to England, the Netherlands and Prussia, and is a standard example of religious policy with measurable economic consequences.
1598 is part of
Factors & digit properties
- Divisors (8)
- 1, 2, 17, 34, 47, 94, 799, 1598
- Prime factorisation
- 2 × 17 × 47
- Digit sum
- 23
- Digital root
- 5
Representations
- Decimal
- 1598
- Scientific notation
- 1.598 × 10^3
Roman numerals
M D X C V I I I
MDXCVIII uses the subtractive pair XC: ten before a hundred — a hundred minus ten.
Binary
1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
1 × 1,024 + 1 × 512 + 0 × 256 + 0 × 128 + 0 × 64 + 1 × 32 + 1 × 16 + 1 × 8 + 1 × 4 + 1 × 2 + 0 × 1 = 1,598
Octal
3 0 7 6
3 × 512 + 0 × 64 + 7 × 8 + 6 × 1 = 1,598
Hexadecimal
6 3 e
6 × 256 + 3 × 16 + e × 1 = 1,598
Read as powers of two: 1,024 + 512 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 = 1,598.
In historical numeral systems
Egyptian
1 lotus, 5 coils of rope, 9 hobbles, 8 strokes
1 × 1,000 + 5 × 100 + 9 × 10 + 8 × 1 = 1,598. The signs are simply repeated and added; where they sit on the line is a matter of layout, not value.
Babylonian
2 corner wedges + 6 vertical wedges (sixties place), 3 corner wedges + 8 vertical wedges (units place)
26 × 60 + 38 = 1598. Places are separated by a space on the tablet, with the higher place written first.
Systems that simply cannot reach this value are left out. Where a script needs a font most readers do not have, the reading is given instead of the glyphs — see number systems for each system in full.
Other mathematical patterns
- Deficient number
Related numbers & connections
1598 is a year in the 16th century, in the 1590s.
The French Wars of Religion ran from 1562 and ended with the Edict of Nantes in 1598, which was revoked eighty-seven years later at substantial economic cost.
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Other connections
- developed from1562
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History
In 1598, the Edict of Nantes granted substantial rights to French Protestants (France).
DocumentedHistoryGeography: FrancePeriod: 1598
Law & regulation
Nantes gave French Protestants legal protection in 1598 and Louis XIV revoked it in 1685. The emigration that followed took skilled artisans to England, the Netherlands and Prussia, and is a standard example of religious policy with measurable economic consequences.
DocumentedLaw & regulationGeography: FrancePeriod: 1598–1685
Common questions
Is 1598 a prime number?
No, 1598 is not prime.
What are the factors of 1598?
The factors of 1598 are 1, 2, 17, 34, 47, 94, 799, 1598.
What is 1598 in Roman numerals?
1598 in Roman numerals is MDXCVIII. XC is subtractive: ten before a hundred — a hundred minus ten. Written additively it would be MDLXXXXVIII, which Roman inscriptions used freely — the strict subtractive form is a later convention.
About this page's data
Mathematical facts:computed directly from the number's value — nothing to source or verify externally.
Contextual records: 2 reviewer-confirmed records, sourced and reviewed before publication.
Last reviewed: 15 July 2026