1618

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1580s  1590s  1600s  – 1610s –  1620s  1630s  1640s
Years:	1615 1616 1617 – 1618 – 1619 1620 1621

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1618 Media

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  May 23: The Second Defenestration of Prague takes place

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  The Thirty Years' War begins.

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  September 19–November 21: Siege of Pilsen

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  JanSixRembrandt

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  • Self-portrait
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  The Emperor Aurangzeb on Horseback ca. 1690–1710 The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  Philip II, Duke of Pomerania

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  Marie of the Incarnation (Carmelite)

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  Martyr blessed en:Nicolò Rusca (1563-1627) who considered protestantism dangerous

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  Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia

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.

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).
• May 23 – The Second Defenestration of Prague – Protestant noblemen throw three representatives of Ferdinand II out of a window. The event began the Thirty Years' War.
• July 20 – Pluto reached, according to sophisticated mathematical calculations, its second most recent aphelion. The next one occurred in 1866, and the following one will occur in 2113.
• August 29 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and Hugo Grotius are imprisoned by Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange
• October 29 – English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.

• The margraves of Brandenburg is granted Polish approval to inherit Ducal Prussia.
• November 13, the Synod of Dordrecht has its first meeting.
• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mustafa I (1617-1623) to Osman II (1618-1622).
• The 3000 seat Teatro Farnese, the first permanent proscenium theatre, was built into the Great Hall of the Palazzo della Pilotta in Parma, Italy in 1618.