List of 1618 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1618
Date | Event |
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May 15, 1618 | 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, 1618 | The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War. |
June 14, 1618 | Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date). |
July 31, 1618 | Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions. |
September 18, 1618 | The twelfth baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins. |
October 29, 1618 | English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England. |