See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects
the idea after some initial calculations were made but latter on May 15 confirms the
discovery).
Start of the Thirty Years' War partly occasioned by the Defenestration of Prague.
The margraves of Brandenburg inherit Prussia.
The Synod of Dordt is convened.
Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from
Mustafa I (1617-1623) to
Osman II (1618-1622).
Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from
Osman II (1618-1622) to
Murat IV (1623-1640).
May 23 - The Second Defenstration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
October 29 - Sir
Walter Raleigh is executed in London.
Births:
January 1 - Duke
Karl I Ludwig of Pfalz, Heidelberg, Germany.
Anthonie de Kanter.
Deaths:
October 29 - Sir
Walter Raleigh.
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