Historical Events Happened In 1618

Jan 01   Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spain, Baroque artist [baptized] on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 04   In France, Samuel de Champlain receives the dowry of his wife Helene Boulle on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 07   On this day in history francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor  Share it »

Jan 14   On this day in history jan Six, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam  Share it »

Feb 28   On this day in history filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63  Share it »

Mar 23   On this day in history james Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician  Share it »

Apr 02   On this day in history francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)  Share it »

May 10   On this day in history haeuik Claezoon Van Hillegom, captain of the Dutch ship Zeewolf, records that he has sighted the coast of what is later to be named Australia.  Share it »

May 15   On this day in history johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law  Share it »

May 23   On this day in history 2nd Defenestration of Prague; beginning of 30 Years War  Share it »

May 23   On this day in history 2nd Defenestration of Prague; the beginning of the 30 Years War  Share it »

May 23   Imperial civil servants thrown out a window of Prague Castle on this day in history.  Share it »

May 23   The Thirty Years War begins on this day in history.  Share it »

Jul 16   On this day in history capt John Gilbert patents 1st dredger in Britain  Share it »

Jul 30   On this day in history prince Maurits' troops pull into Utrecht  Share it »

Aug 23   Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on this day in history.  Share it »

Sep 04   "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed on this day in history.  Share it »

Sep 09   On this day in history joan Cererols, composer  Share it »

Sep 28   Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 68 on this day in history.  Share it »

Oct 06   On this day in history miguel Gomez Camargo, composer  Share it »

Oct 29   On this day in history english adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.  Share it »

Oct 29   On this day in history sir Walter Raleigh, explorer and colonizer, is executed for conspiring against James I.  Share it »

Oct 29   Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on this day in history.  Share it »

Nov 01   On this day in history johannes Flittner, composer  Share it »

Nov 03   On this day in history aurangzeb, [Alamgir], Emperor of India (1658-1707)  Share it »

Dec 10   Giulio Caccini, Italian composer on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 11   Russia & Poland signs Peace treaty of Dailino on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 26   Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spain, Baroque artist [baptized]  Share it »

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of jan Six, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam  Share it »

Apr 02   Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Apr 13   On this day in history birth of roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (d. 1693)  Share it »

Sep 09   Joan Cererols, composer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Oct 06   On this day in history birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer  Share it »

Nov 01   On this day in history birth of johannes Flittner, composer  Share it »

Nov 03   Aurangzeb, [Alamgir], Emperor of India (1658-1707) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 20   On this day in history death of philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)  Share it »

Feb 28   Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63 on this day in history.  Share it »

Mar 23   James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician died on this day in history.  Share it »

Apr 19   On this day in history death of thomas Bastard, clergyman and epigrammatist (b. 1565 or 1566)  Share it »

Jun 07   Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Governor of Virginia (b. 1577) died on this day in history.  Share it »

Aug 23   On this day in history gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33  Share it »

Sep 28   On this day in history death of gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 68  Share it »

Oct 29   On this day in history death of walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason  Share it »