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Born on Saturday October 20, 1618
- Lyntien Christiaens, Belsele
- LYNTIEN CHRISTIAENS, BELSELE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
- Syntien Christiaens, Belsele († 1646)
- Thomas Caswell, Somerset, Leomaster, Hertford, England († 1697)
- Johanna Franciscusdr, Diessen
- Adriaen Nijs Jan Nijs van Tychel, Loenhout (B) († 1686)
- Christiane Fairbairne, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- Michael Mutscheler, Gussenstadt, Jagstkreis, Württemberg, Germany († 1657)
- Adrianus van Tichell, Loenhout, Hertogdom Brabant, Spaanse Nederlanden
- Christian Lauffer, Schwenningen am Neckar Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Deutschland († 1678)
Died on Saturday October 20, 1618
- Maria Lebbe (0), Poperinge
- Raffe (Ralph) Northwood (Norwood) (36), DOWN HATHERLY, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Lazarus Spengler (Splangler) (67), Nuremburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Maurice Norwood (33), England, UK
- John Averell (25), Chipping Norton,Oxford,England
- Anna Ripperbant (78)
Born on October 20
- 1554 » Bálint Balassi, Hungarian writer and noble († 1594)
- 1612 » Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, Anglo-Irish nobleman, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, Cavalier († 1698)
- 1616 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian († 1680)
- 1620 » Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter († 1691)
- 1632 » Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral († 1723)
- 1632 » Edward Hungerford, English politician († 1711)
- 1660 » Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1723)
- 1677 » Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland († 1766)
- 1711 » Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, († 1795)
- 1718 » Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Scottish aristocrat († 1779)
Died on October 20
- 1438 » Jacopo della Quercia, Sienese sculptor (b. c. 1374)
- 1439 » Ambrose the Camaldulian, Italian theologian
- 1524 » Thomas Linacre, English physician and scholar (b. 1460)
- 1538 » Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, condottiero (b. 1490)
- 1570 » João de Barros, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496)
- 1602 » Walter Leveson, Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550)
- 1640 » John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1652 » Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
- 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
- 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
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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).
- September 18 » The twelfth baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.
- October 29 » English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.