What Happened In History Year 1618

Historical Events for the Year 1618

• 29th October » English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.

Famous Birthdays in 1618

• 1st January » Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682)
• 2nd April » Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
• 13th April » Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (d. 1693)
• 4th November » Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor (d. 1707)

Famous Deaths in History for 1618

• 23rd March » James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician (b. 1575)
• 19th April » Thomas Bastard, English clergyman (b. 1566)
• 7th June » Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English politician, List of colonial governors of Virginia named Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1577)
• 23rd August » Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1585)
• 28th September » Joshua Sylvester, English poet and translator (b. 1563)
• 29th October » Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (b. 1554)
• 2nd November » Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (b. 1568)
• 6th December » Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
• 10th December » Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1551)

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