1618 (MDCXVIII ) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar , the 1618th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 618th year of the 2nd millennium , the 18th year of the 17th century , and the 9th year of the 1610s decade. As of the start of 1618, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
This article is about the year 1618. For the bill proposed in USA in 1998, see
Bill 1618 .
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May 23 : The Second Defenestration of Prague takes place
September 19 – November 21 : Siege of Pilsen
July– September
July 1 – Ferdinand II , a proponent of the Counter-Reformation , is crowned as King of Hungary at a meeting of the Bohemian diet at Pressburg .
July 3 – Alonso Fajardo de Entenza becomes the new Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines.
July 20 – Pluto reaches its second most recent aphelion , according to sophisticated mathematical calculations. The next one occurs in 1866 , and the following one will occur in 2113 .
July 31 – Lenaert Jacobszoon and the crew of the Dutch East India Company ship Mauritius become the first Europeans to sight what is now the Australian state of Western Australia , landing at the North Cape.
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.[3] [4]
September 18 – Beginning of the 13th Baktun , in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar (12.0.0.0.0).
September 19 – The Siege of Pilsen begins as the first major battle of the Thirty Years' War , as Bohemian Protestants lay siege to the Bohemian Catholic city and lasts for more than two months.
September 28 – The Battle of Orynin takes place. Polish and Lithuanian Army forces fail to stop an invasion by Crimean Tatars , who then proceed in burning villages in Lithuania and enslaving residents.
Jan Six
Sir Peter Lely
Aurangzeb
January– March
January 1 (bapt.) – Bartolomé Esteban Murillo , Spanish painter (d. 1682 )
January 2 – Jean Hamon , French doctor and writer (d. 1687 )
January 3 – Jean Crasset , French Jesuit theologian (d. 1692 )
January 8 – Madeleine Béjart , French actress and theatre director (d. 1672 )[5]
January 14 – Jan Six , important cultural figure in the Dutch Golden Age (d. 1700 )
January 25 – Nicolaes Visscher I , Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher (d. 1679 )
January 28 – James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough , English nobleman, sailor, and mathematician (d. 1665 )
January 29 – Jean Paul Médaille , French Jesuit missionary (d. 1689 )
February 12 – Olaus Verelius , scholar of Old Norse and Scandinavian studies (d. 1682 )[6]
February 17 – Matthias Abele , Austrian jurist, mine official (d. 1677 )
February 19 – Johannes Phocylides Holwarda , Dutch astronomer (d. 1651 )
March 4 – George Louis, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg , German noble (d. 1656 )
March 14 – Nadira Banu Begum , Mughal princess (d. 1659 )
March 19 – Thomas Hinckley , last colonial governor of Plymouth Colony (d. 1706 )
April– June
April 2 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi , Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663 )[7]
April 4 – Ferrante III Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla , Italian noble (d. 1678 )
April 9 – Christian, Duke of Brieg , Duke of Legnica (1663–1672) and Brieg (1664–1672) (d. 1672 )
April 13 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy , French writer (d. 1693 )
April 14 – Thomas Moore , English politician (d. 1695 )[8]
April 29 – Vittoria Farnese d'Este , Duchess of Modena and Reggio (d. 1649 )
May 22 – Henrik Horn , Swedish military leader and noble (d. 1693 )
June 1 – Johann Franck , German poet and hymnist (d. 1677 )
June 15
June 24 – Philip Packer , British barrister and architect (d. 1686 )
June 28 – Jean Le Pautre , French designer and engraver (d. 1682 )
July– September
July 6 – Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres , Scottish politician and noble (d. 1659 )[9]
July 17
July 21 – Hayashi Gahō , Japanese philosopher (d. 1688 )
July 22 – Johan Nieuhof , Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil (d. 1672 )
September 6 – Walter Hoyt , Connecticut settler (d. 1698 )
September 9 – Joan Cererols , Catalan musician and Benedictine monk (d. 1680 )
September 11 – Francesco Grue , Italian artist (d. 1673 )
September 14 – Peter Lely , Dutch painter (d. 1680 )[10]
September 27 – Jacob Alting , Dutch linguist (d. 1679 )
September 29 – Michiel Sweerts , Flemish painter (d. 1664 )
October– December
October 8 – Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne , Spanish general and prince (d. 1679 )
October 7 – Rosina Schnorr , German businessperson (d. 1679 )
October 31 – Mariana de Jesús de Paredes , Catholic saint, the first person to be canonized from Ecuador (d. 1645 )
November – Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne , French diplomat and minister of Louis XIV (d. 1699 )
November 1 – Sir John Wittewrong, 1st Baronet , English parliamentarian (d. 1693 )
November 3 – Aurangzeb , Mughal emperor of India (d. 1707 )
November 8 – Louise de La Fayette , French courtier, friend of King Louis XIII (d. 1665 )[11]
November 12 – Gottfried Welsch , German physician (d. 1690 )
November 16 – Johann Ludwig Schönleben , Carniolan priest (d. 1681 )
November 26 – Johan Frederik von Marschalck , German-born landowner, Chancellor of Norway (d. 1679 )
December 2
December 3 – Sir William Ayloffe, 3rd Baronet , officer in the Royalist army during the English Civil War (d. 1662 )
December 18 – Karl Kaspar von der Leyen , German Catholic archbishop (d. 1676 )
December 26 – Elisabeth of the Palatinate , German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist (d. 1680 )
December 28 – Catharina Hooft , noblewoman of the Dutch Golden Age (d. 1691 )[12]
Philip II, Duke of Pomerania
Marie of the Incarnation (Carmelite)
Nicolò Rusca
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
Jakob Rem
January– March
January 6 – Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara (b. 1564 )
January 19 – Jacobus Zaffius , Dutch Catholic provost (b. 1535 )
January 24 – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham , English peer and traitor (b. 1564 )
January 29 – John Dackombe , Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1570 )
February 3 – Philip II, Duke of Pomerania -Stettin (b. 1573 )
February 10 – Feliks Kryski , Grand Chancellor of Poland (b. 1562 )
February 14 – Paolo Emilio Sfondrati , Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1560 )
February 20 – Philip William, Prince of Orange , eldest son of William the Silent, by his first wife Anna van Egmont (b. 1554 )
February 25 – Elizabeth Spencer, Baroness Hunsdon , English baroness (b. 1552 )
February 27 – Anne Lyon, Countess of Kinghorne , Scottish countess (b. 1579 )
March 5
March 16 – Giovanni Bembo , Doge of Venice (b. 1543 )[13]
March 23 – James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn , Scottish politician (b. c. 1575 )
March 26 – Frederick Magnus, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau (1606–1618) (b. 1575 )
March 31 – Pedro Cornejo de Pedrosa , Spanish theologian (b. 1536 )
April– June
April – Chief Powhatan (proper name Wahunsenacawh), Algonquin (indigenous American) leader, father of Pocahontas (b. c. 1547 )
April 5 – Robert Barker , English politician (b. 1563 )
April 14 – Giovanni Battista Zuccato , Italian Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nusco (1607–1614) (b. 1543 )
April 18 – Marie of the Incarnation , Carmelite (b. 1566 )
May 9 – Nicolò Donato , Doge of Venice (b. 1539 )
May 24 – John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1603–1618) (b. 1567 )
May 31 – Sabina Catharina of East Frisia , Countess of Rietberg (1586–1618) (b. 1582 )
June 7 – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr , English Governor of Virginia (b. 1577 )
June 21 – Kasper Hassler , German musician (b. 1562 )
October– December
Sir Walter Raleigh
October 12 – Jakob Rem , Austrian Jesuit (b. 1546 )
October 24 – Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , German noblewoman (b. 1567 )
October 29 – Sir Walter Raleigh , English soldier, politician, courtier, explorer, Virginia settler, historian, poet and spy (executed) (b. 1552 of 1554)[14]
October 30
November 2 – Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (b. 1558 )
November 14 – Anna Maria of Brandenburg , Duchess Consort of Pomerania (b. 1567 )
December 6 – Jacques Davy Duperron , French cardinal (b. 1556 )
December 7 – Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas , Spanish Catholic cardinal, Grand Inquisitor (b. 1546 )
December 9 – Valentine Knightley , English politician (b. 1555 )
December 10 – Giulio Caccini , Italian composer (b. 1551 )[15]
December 14 – Anna of Tyrol , Holy Roman Empress (b. 1585 )
December 17 – Roger Puleston , Welsh politician (b. 1565 )[16]
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