1618 Events January–June March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion . May 23 - The Second Defenestration of Prague - Protestant noblemen hold a mock trial, and throw two direct representatives of Ferdinand II of Germany and their scribe out of a window into a pile of manure, exacerbating a low-key rebellion into the Bohemian Revolt, 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 . 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 .July–December August 29 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and Hugo Grotius are imprisoned by Maurice, Prince of Orange . September 4 - Rodi avalanche: A rock- or snowslide buries the Alpine town of Piuro , claiming 2,427 victims. September 18 - Beginning of the 13th Baktun , in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar . September 19-November 21 - Thirty Years' War: The Siege of Pilsen takes place. September 28 - The Battle of Orynin takes place. October 9 - Residents of Mogilev revolt against Uniate bishop Josaphat Kuntsevych . October 29 - English adventurer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded at the Palace of Westminster , for allegedly conspiring treasonably against James I of England in 1603 , following pressure from the Spanish government, over his attack on their settlement on the Orinoco , on his last voyage. November 13 - The Synod of Dort has its first meeting. December 11 - Russia and Poland sign the Truce of Deulino .Date unknown The margraves 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 sultan . 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 January–March January 1 Bartolomé Esteban Murillo , Spanish painter January 2 - Jean Hamon , French doctor and writer January 3 - Jean Crasset , French Jesuit theologian January 8 - Madeleine Béjart , French actress and theatre director January 14 - Jan Six , important cultural figure in the Dutch Golden Age January 25 - Nicolaes Visscher I , Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher January 28 - James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough , English nobleman, sailor, and mathematician January 29 - Jean Paul Médaille , French Jesuit missionary February 12 - Olaus Verelius , scholar of Old Norse and Scandinavian studies February 17 - Matthias Abele , Austrian jurist, mine official February 19 - Johannes Phocylides Holwarda , Dutch astronomer March 4 - George Louis, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg , German noble March 19 - Thomas Hinckley , last colonial governor of Plymouth ColonyApril–June April 2 - Francesco Maria Grimaldi , Italian mathematician and physicist April 4 - Ferrante III Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla , Italian noble April 9 - Christian, Duke of Brieg , Duke of Legnica and Brieg April 13 - Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy , French writer April 14 - Thomas Moore , English politician April 29 - Vittoria Farnese d'Este , Duchess of Modena and Reggio May 22 - Henrik Horn , Swedish military leader and noble June 1 - Johann Franck , German poet and hymnist June 15 * François Blondel , French architect * Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere , Italian nobleman and Duke of Bomarzo June 24 - Philip Packer , British barrister and architect June 28 - Jean Le Pautre , French designer and engraverJuly–September July 6 - Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres , Scottish politician and noble July 17 * Willem Ogier , Flemish playwright * George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny , Scottish nobleman and military commander July 21 - Hayashi Gahō , Japanese philosopher July 22 - Johan Nieuhof , Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil September 6 - Walter Hoyt , Connecticut settler September 9 - Joan Cererols , Catalan musician and Benedictine monk September 11 - Francesco Grue , Italian artist September 14 - Peter Lely , Dutch painter September 27 - Jacob Alting , Dutch linguist September 29 - Michiel Sweerts , Flemish painterOctober–December October 8 - Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne , Spanish general and prince October 7 - Rosina Schnorr , German businessperson October 31 - Mariana de Jesús de Paredes , Catholic saint, the first person to be canonized from Ecuador November - Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne , French diplomat and minister of Louis XIV November 1 - Sir John Wittewrong, 1st Baronet , English parliamentarian November 3 - Aurangzeb , Mughal emperor of India November 8 - Louise de La Fayette , French courtier, friend of King Louis XIII November 12 - Gottfried Welsch , German physician November 16 - Johann Ludwig Schönleben , Carniolan priest November 26 - Johan Frederik von Marschalck , German-born landowner, Chancellor of Norway December 2 * Edward Bayntun , English politician * Nicholas Delves , English politician December 3 - Sir William Ayloffe, 3rd Baronet , officer in the Royalist army during the English Civil War December 18 - Karl Kaspar von der Leyen , German Catholic archbishop December 26 - Elisabeth of the Palatinate , German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist December 28 - Catharina Hooft , noblewoman of the Dutch Golden AgeDate unknown Athittayawong , Ayutthayan monarch Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington , English politicianDeaths January–March January 6 - Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara January 19 - Jacobus Zaffius , Dutch Catholic provost January 24 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham , English peer and traitor January 29 - John Dackombe , Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster February 3 - Philip II, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin February 10 - Feliks Kryski , Grand Chancellor of Poland February 14 - Paolo Emilio Sfondrati , Italian Catholic cardinal February 20 - Philip William, Prince of Orange , eldest son of William the Silent, by his first wife Anna van Egmont February 25 - Elizabeth Spencer, Baroness Hunsdon , English baroness February 27 - Anne Lyon, Countess of Kinghorne , Scottish countess March 5 * John, Duke of Östergötland * Countess Palatine Barbara of Zweibrücken-Neuburg and by marriage Countess of Oettingen-Oettingen March 14 - Nadira Banu Begum , Mughal princess March 16 - Giovanni Bembo , Doge of Venice March 23 - James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn , Scottish politician March 26 - Frederick Magnus, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau March 31 - Pedro Cornejo de Pedrosa , Spanish theologianApril–June April - Chief Powhatan , Algonquin leader, father of Pocahontas April 5 - Robert Barker , English politician April 14 - Giovanni Battista Zuccato , Italian Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nusco April 18 - Marie of the Incarnation , Carmelite May 9 - Nicolò Donato , Doge of Venice May 24 - John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau May 31 - Sabina Catharina of East Frisia , Countess of Rietberg June 7 - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr , English Governor of Virginia June 21 - Kasper Hassler , German musicianJuly–September July 20 - James Montague , British bishop July 24 - Nicolò Rusca , Italian priest who served in Como July 26 - Martinus Smiglecius , Polish philosopher August 7 - Princess Maria Elizabeth of Sweden , Swedish princess August 23 - Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero , Dutch writer August 28 - Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia September 3 - Frederik van den Bergh , Dutch soldier in the Eighty Years' War September 28 - Joshua Sylvester , English poetOctober–December October 12 - Jakob Rem , Austrian Jesuit October 24 - Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , German noblewoman October 29 - Sir Walter Raleigh , English soldier, politician, courtier, explorer, Virginia settler, historian, poet and spy October 30 * Charles, Margrave of Burgau , German nobleman * Prospero Farinacci , Italian jurist November 2 - Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria November 14 - Anna Maria of Brandenburg , Duchess Consort of Pomerania December 6 - Jacques Davy Duperron , French cardinal December 7 - Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas , Spanish Catholic cardinal, Grand Inquisitor December 9 - Valentine Knightley , English politician December 10 - Giulio Caccini , Italian composer December 13 - Roger Puleston , English politician December 14 - Anna of Tyrol , Holy Roman Empress Date unknown Ebba Bielke , Swedish baroness and conspirator
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