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Born on Wednesday January 10, 1618
- Sarah Allerton, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1651)
- Jean JOETS, Cassel, 59135, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- James "Puritan Immigrant" Bennett (He arrived aboard the "Hercules" as an indentured servant. Early settler in Concord, Massachusetts. He followed "Reverend" Joh, Lancashire, England († 1659)
- James Bennett, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England († 1659)
- Elizabeth Wheeler, Of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, England († 1696)
- Elisabeth DEMOLIN, CHENEE, Liège, Belgique
- Ludovicus Hertmans, Hilvarenbeek
- Jacoba HERINCX, Den Bosch (NL/NB)
- Waling Wouters, Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Philips Jacob Wurmser van Wendenheim, Straatsburg, Elzas († 1676)
Died on Wednesday January 10, 1618
- Johann Eberhard Streiff von Löwenstein (53), Saarwerden, Bas-Rhin, Elzas, Frankrijk
- Laureijsken Andries Jan Laureijs Jan Spijckers | Berthouts (63)
- Laureijsken Spijckers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Melis Jans
- Spijckers Laureijsken (63)
- N. N. von Bärenfels, Straatsburg, Frankrijk
- Maritgen Bankraesdr (44), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Eva NN (80), Nenderoth, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
- Breide von Rantzau (61), København, Kobenhavn, Denmark
- Breide Rantzau (61), København
Born on January 10
- 1480 » Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy († 1530)
- 1538 » Louis of Nassau († 1574)
- 1607 » Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary († 1646)
- 1644 » Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general († 1711)
- 1654 » Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar († 1712)
- 1702 » Johannes Zick, German painter († 1762)
- 1715 » Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian († 1775)
- 1729 » Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian priest, biologist, and physiologist († 1799)
- 1745 » Isaac Titsingh, Dutch surgeon, scholar, and diplomat († 1812)
- 1750 » Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain († 1823)
Died on January 10
- 1552 » Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (b. 1479)
- 1645 » William Laud, English archbishop and academic (b. 1573)
- 1654 » Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)
- 1698 » Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French priest and historian (b. 1637)
- 1754 » Edward Cave, English publisher, founded The Gentleman's Magazine (b. 1691)
- 1761 » Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (b. 1711)
- 1778 » Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1707)
- 1794 » Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (b. 1754)
- 1811 » Joseph Chénier, French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764)
- 1824 » Victor Emmanuel I, duke of Savoy and king of Sardinia (b. 1759)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1618
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 8 » Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
- May 15 » Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
- May 23 » The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
- June 14 » Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).
- July 31 » Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.
- October 29 » English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.