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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s

Years: 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 - 1618 - 1619 1620 1621 1622 1623

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

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 is granted Polish approval to inherit Ducal Prussia.
• The Synod of Dort is convened.
• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mustafa I (1617-1623) to Osman II (1618-1622).
• May 23 - The Second Defenstration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
• October 29 - English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.

Births

• January 1 - Duke Karl I Ludwig of Pfalz, Heidelberg, Germany

Deaths

• October 29 - Sir Walter Raleigh\n

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