Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1618
Birthdays
- January 1 - baptised 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
- November 3 - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1707)
Deaths
- February 20 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)
- March 23 - James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn
- April 19 - Thomas Bastard, clergyman and epigrammatist (b. 1565 or 1566)
- June 7 - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
- August 23 - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch writer (b. 1585)
- September 28 - Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)
- October 29 - Sir Walter Raleigh, English explorer (executed) (b. 1554)
- November 2 - Archduke Maximilian III of Austria, (b. 1568)
- December 6 - Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
- December 10 - Giulio Caccini, Italian composer
Events
- March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
- May 15 - Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
- 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.
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