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Born on Tuesday December 11, 1618
- Frans Sir Cavendish († 1650)
- Lambertus Stevens, Temse
- WILLIAM + ENOCH Fithian, Wales, Yorkshire, England, UK († 1678)
- William Stokes († 1699)
- Francis Cavendish, Doveridge, Derbyshire, England († 1650)
- Adrianus Boets, Keerbergen
Died on Tuesday December 11, 1618
- Petrus Janz VAN STRIJDONCK, Bazel
- Johannes Heinzelmann (48), Reinerzau, Alpirsbach, Freudenstadt, Baden-Wâºrttemberg, Deutschland
- Pieter Van Strijdonck (63), Kruibeke (Bazel), Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Petruz Jansz van STRIJDONCK (63), Bazel, 9150, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
- Petrus Janszoon Van Strijdonck (58), Bazel
- Jung Michaël Göselin (118)
- Rotger Hendriks (Hendricks) (68), Noordbroek
- Petrus Jansz van Strijdonck (65), Bazel,9150,Oost-Vlaanderen,BE
- Henrick Cornelis Neus (scheepmaker)
- Petrus Frans Pieter Van Strijdonck (60), Bazel,9150,Oost-Vlaanderen,BE
Born on December 11
- 1465 » Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun († 1489)
- 1475 » Pope Leo X († 1521)
- 1566 » Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese organist and composer († 1650)
- 1595 » Heo Mok, Korean politician, poet and scholar († 1682)
- 1613 » Amar Singh Rathore, Rajput nobleman († 1644)
- 1680 » Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer († 1736)
- 1712 » Francesco Algarotti, Italian poet, philosopher, and critic († 1764)
- 1725 » George Mason, American lawyer and politician († 1792)
- 1758 » Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator († 1832)
- 1761 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist, economist, and jurist († 1835)
Died on December 11
- 1474 » Henry IV of Castile, King of the Crown of Castile (b. 1425)
- 1532 » Pietro Accolti, Italian cardinal (b. 1455)
- 1582 » Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Spanish general and politician, 12th Constable of Portugal (b. 1508)
- 1610 » Adam Elsheimer, German artist working in Rome who died at only thirty-two (b. 1578)
- 1686 » Louis, Grand Condé, French general (b. 1621)
- 1694 » Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
- 1737 » John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (b. 1643)
- 1747 » Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (b. 1675)
- 1797 » Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
- 1826 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797)
Names that were popular for boys in 1618
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Thomas
- Joannes
- John
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Petrus
- William
- Jean
- Jansz
- Johannes
- Johan
- Willem
- Claes
- Cornelisz
Names that were popular for girls in 1618
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Elizabeth
- Mary
- Neeltje
- Joanna
- Marie
- Barbara
- Anne
- Jans
- Margaretha
- Johanna
- Van
- Jeanne
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.
- July 31 » Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.
- 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.