1618
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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 |
| 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 |
| Berber calendar | 2568 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2162 |
| Burmese calendar | 980 |
| Chinese calendar | 4254/4314-12-5 (丁巳年十二月初五日) — to —
4255/4315-11-15(戊午年十一月十五日) |
| 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 throw two representatives of Ferdinand II out of a window, precipitating the Bohemian Revolt and the Thirty Years' War.
- 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 in 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 12th 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 Dordrecht has its first meeting.
[edit] Undated
- The markgraves of Brandenburg are granted Polish approval to inherit the Duchy of 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.
