1618
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This article is about the year 1618. For the bill proposed in USA in 1998, see Bill 1618.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1580s 1590s 1600s – 1610s – 1620s 1630s 1640s |
| Years: | 1615 1616 1617 – 1618 – 1619 1620 1621 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1618 MDCXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2371 |
| Armenian calendar | 1067 ԹՎ ՌԿԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6368 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -226–-225 |
| Bengali calendar | 1025 |
| Berber calendar | 2568 |
| English Regnal year | 15 Ja. 1 – 16 Ja. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2162 |
| Burmese calendar | 980 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7126–7127 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年十二月初五日 (4254/4314-12-5) — to —
戊午年十一月十五日(4255/4315-11-15) |
| Coptic calendar | 1334–1335 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1610–1611 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5378–5379 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1674–1675 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1540–1541 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4719–4720 |
| Holocene calendar | 11618 |
| Igbo calendar | |
| - Ǹrí Ìgbò | 618–619 |
| Iranian calendar | 996–997 |
| Islamic calendar | 1027–1028 |
| Japanese calendar | Genna 4 (元和4年) |
| Juche calendar | N/A (before 1912) |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3951 |
| Minguo calendar | 294 before ROC 民前294年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2161 |
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Year 1618 (MDCXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.
Events [edit]
January–June [edit]
- March 8 – Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery).
- May 23 – The Second Defenestration of Prague – Protestant noblemen hold a mock trial and throw two direct representatives of Ferdinand II of Germany (Imperial Governors) and their scribe out of a window into a pile of manure, exacerbating a low-key rebellion into the Bohemian Revolt (1618–1621) precipitating the Thirty Years' War into armed conflict and further polarizing Europe on religious grounds.
- June 14 – Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).
- July 20 – Pluto reaches, according to sophisticated mathematical calculations, its second most recent aphelion. The next one occurs in 1866, and the following one will occur 2113.
July–December [edit]
- August 29 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and Hugo Grotius are imprisoned by Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange.
- September 4 – Rodi avalanche: A rock- or snowslide buries the Alpine town of Piuro, claiming 2,427 victims.[1][2]
- September 18 – Beginning of the 13th Baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar (12.0.0.0.0).
- September 19–November 21 – Thirty Years' War: The Siege of Plzeň occurs.
- October 9 – residents of Mogilev revolt against the Uniate bishop Josaphat Kuntsevych.
- October 29 – English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
- November 13 – The Synod of Dort has its first meeting.
- December 11 – Russia and Poland signs Truce of Deulino.
Date unknown [edit]
- The markgraves of Brandenburg are granted Polish approval to inherit the Duchy of Prussia, creating the state of Brandenburg-Prussia.
- Osman II deposes his uncle Mustafa I as Ottoman Emperor (until 1622).
- The 3,000 seat Teatro Farnese, the first permanent proscenium theatre, is built into the Great Hall of the Palazzo della Pilotta in Parma, Italy.
- The Ming Chinese embassy of the Wanli Emperor presents tea to the Russian tsar.
Births [edit]
- January 1 – Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682)
- April 2 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
- April 13 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (d. 1693)
- November 3 – Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1707)
- November – Simon Arnauld de Pomponne, French diplomat and minister of Louis XIV (d. 1699)
- date unknown
- Ādiŧyavoṇś, Ayuthian monarch
- Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, politician (member of the Cabal)
- Lin Yiu, Chinese poet and painter (d. 1664).
- Richard Lovelace, English poet (d. c. 1657)
Deaths [edit]
- February 20 – Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)
- March 23 – James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician (b. c. 1575)
- June 7 – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Governor of Virginia (b. 1577)
- August 23 – Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch writer (b. 1585)
- September 28 – Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)
- October 29 – Sir Walter Raleigh, English courtier and settler of Virginia (executed) (b. 1554)
- November 2 – Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1558)
- December 6 – Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
- December 10 – Giulio Caccini, Italian composer (b. 1551)
- probable – Chief Powhatan (proper name Wahunsenacawh), father of Pocahontas (b. c. 1547)
References [edit]
- ^ "The 10 Worst Snow Disasters in History". Scientific American. 2004-02-16. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "Today in Switzerland History". HistoryOrb. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
