1618
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1616
1617
-
1618
-
1619
1620
1621
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:
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1600s
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Centuries
:
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Events
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).
The margraves of
Brandenburg
is granted
Polish
approval to inherit
Ducal Prussia
.
The
Synod of Dort
is convened.
Change of
emperor
of the
Ottoman Empire
from
Mustafa I
(
1617
-
1623
) to
Osman II
(1618-
1622
).
May 23
- The
Second Defenestration of Prague
precipitates the
Thirty Years' War
.
October 29
-
English
adventurer, writer, and
courtier
Sir
Walter Raleigh
is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against
James I of England
.
Births
January 1
- Duke
Karl I Ludwig
of Pfalz,
Heidelberg
,
Germany
November 3
-
Aurangzeb
,
Mughal
emperor
Deaths
August 23
-
Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero
,
Dutch
poet
and
playwright
(b.
1585
)
October 29
-
Sir Walter Raleigh
November 2
- Archduke
Maximilian III of Austria
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