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Born on Saturday December 8, 1618
- Maria Mahn, Cunersdorf,Chemnitz,Saxony († 1701)
- Maria Jacob Jacob Vercaert, Loenhout (B)
- Elisabeth Vergauwen, Bazel, Kruibeke, O-Vl, BE († 1684)
- Lijsbet Vergauwen, Bazel, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Margaret Lawsone, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
- Theodorus Joanneszn, Hilvarenbeek
- Anne LE LEVROUX, Sévignac, 22250, France
- Charles PLATEL, Hallennes-Lez-Haubourdin,59320,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE († 1681)
- Petrus Vergauwen († 1684)
- Barto van den HEUVEL, Veghel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Saturday December 8, 1618
- Johann George Franck (41), Offenbach, Offenbach an der Queich, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Born on December 8
- 1538 » Miklós Istvánffy, Hungarian politician († 1615)
- 1542 » Mary, Queen of Scots, daughter of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise, at Linlithgow Palace († 1587)
- 1558 » François de La Rochefoucauld, Catholic cardinal († 1645)
- 1678 » Antonio de Benavides, colonial governor of Florida († 1762)
- 1678 » Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, English politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to France († 1757)
- 1699 » Maria Josepha of Austria († 1757)
- 1708 » Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor († 1765)
- 1724 » Claude Balbastre, French organist and composer († 1799)
- 1730 » Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist († 1799)
- 1731 » František Xaver Dušek, Czech pianist and composer († 1799)
Died on December 8
- 1550 » Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and diplomat (b. 1478)
- 1626 » John Davies, English poet, lawyer, and politician (b. 1569)
- 1632 » Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1561)
- 1638 » Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (b. 1589)
- 1643 » John Pym, English politician (b. 1583)
- 1649 » Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (b. 1613)
- 1680 » Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English lawyer and politician (b. 1606)
- 1691 » Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and hymn-writer (b. 1615)
- 1695 » Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (b. 1625)
- 1709 » Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)
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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.