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| Years: 1615 1616 1617 - 1618 - 1619 1620 1621 | |||
| Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s | |||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery).
- May 23 - The Second Defenestration of Prague - protestant noblemen throw three representatives of Ferdinand II out of a window. The event precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
- August 29 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and Hugo Grotius are imprisoned by Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange
- October 29 - English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
- The margraves of Brandenburg is granted Polish approval to inherit Ducal Prussia.
- November 13, the Synod of Dordrecht has its first meeting.
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mustafa I (1617-1623) to Osman II (1618-1622).
Births
- January 1 - 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, French writer (d. 1693)
- November 3 - Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor (d. 1707)
- Richard Lovelace, English poet
Deaths
- February 20 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)
- March 23 - James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician
- June 7 - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Governor of Virginia (b. 1577)
- August 23 - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch writer (b. 1585)
- September 28 - Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)
- October 29 - Sir Walter Raleigh, English courtier and settler of Virginia (executed) (b. 1554)
- November 2 - Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1558)
- December 6 - Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
- December 10 - Giulio Caccini, Italian composer
