1618
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1580s 1590s 1600s – 1610s – 1620s 1630s 1640s |
| Years: | 1615 1616 1617 – 1618 – 1619 1620 1621 |
| 1618 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1618 MDCXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2371 |
| Armenian calendar | 1067 ԹՎ ՌԿԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -226 – -225 |
| Bengali calendar | 1025 |
| Berber calendar | 2568 |
| 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 | 1673 – 1674 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1540 – 1541 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4719 – 4720 |
| Holocene calendar | 11618 |
| Iranian calendar | 996 – 997 |
| Islamic calendar | 1027 – 1028 |
| Japanese calendar | Genna 4 (元和4年) |
| Korean calendar | 3951 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2161 |
Year 1618 (MDCXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1618
[edit] January–June
- 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 (1618–1620) 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.
[edit] July–December
- August 29 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and Hugo Grotius are imprisoned by Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange.
- September 18 – Beginning of the 13th Baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, the final phase of the Great Cycle.
- September 19–November 21 – Thirty Years' War: The Siege of Plzeň occurs.
- 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.
[edit] Undated
- The markgraves of Brandenburg are granted Polish approval to inherit the Duchy of Prussia, creating the state of Brandenburg-Prussia.
- Osman II (1618–1622) succeeds Mustafa I (1617–1623) as Ottoman Emperor.
- 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.
[edit] Births
- 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)
- See also Category: 1618 births.
[edit] Deaths
- 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)
- See also Category: 1618 deaths.
