1618 34909 225000308 2008-07-11T11:47:50Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[vo:1618]] {{year nav|{{PAGENAME}}}} {{C17YearInTopicX}} {{Year in other calendars}} {{For|a bill proposed in USA in [[1998]]|Bill 1618}} Year '''1618''' ('''[[Roman numerals|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]]). <!-- 10-day span=Mon-Thu,Tue-Fri,Wed-Sat,Thu-Sun,Fr-Mo,Sa-Tu,Sun-Wed --> == Events of 1618 == === January - June === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[March 8]] - [[Johannes Kepler]] discovers the [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion|third law of planetary motion]] (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on [[May 15]] confirms the discovery).{{2}} * [[May 23]] - The [[Defenestrations of Prague|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 [[Thirty_Years%27_War#1618.E2.80.931620|Bohemian Revolt (1618-1620)]] precipitating the [[Thirty Years' War]] into armed conflict and further polarizing Europe on religious grounds.{{2}} * [[June 14]] – Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper ''[[Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.]]'' in [[Amsterdam]] (approximate date).{{2}} * [[July 20]] - [[Pluto]] reaches, according to sophisticated [[mathematics|mathematical calculations]], its second most recent [[aphelion]]. The next one occurs in [[1866]], and the following one will occur in [[2113]].{{2}} === July - December === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[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]] - [[England|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. ===Undated=== * The markgraves of [[Brandenburg]] are granted [[Poland|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 Dynasty|Ming Chinese]] [[embassy]] of the [[Wanli Emperor]] presents [[tea]] to the [[Russia]]n [[tsar]]. ==Births== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[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, marquis de Pomponne|Simon Arnauld de Pomponne]], French diplomat and minister of [[Louis XIV of France|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]].'' ==Deaths== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[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]].'' 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