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Born on Thursday February 15, 1618
- Albert van Ligne-Arenberg Prins van Chimay († 1643)
- jane BERESFORD, Alstonfield, Staffordshire,England
- Albert de Ligne Arenberg, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium († 1643)
- Margareta D'hooghe, Grembergen († 1678)
- ANNA VAN ROYEN, BAZEL,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1669)
- Brand Hartmans, Sloten († 1672)
- Maria Peter Laureijns Gort Lensen, Veghel
- Arnoldus Cosijns, Overboelare († 1681)
- John Fairbanks II, Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England († 1684)
- Ann Wheeler, 1656724, Bedfordshire, England († 1715)
Died on Thursday February 15, 1618
- Maritgen Diertsdr (78), Zevenhuizen
- Eelck Pybesdr Eminga (58), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
- Marten Claes (53)
- Marten Claaszn (48)
- Catharina von Gaill (81), Köln, Nordrhein Westfalen, Allemagne
- Eelck Pybesdr van Eminga (58)
- Jan Inhouck, Naaldwijk
- Magdeleine (Jeanne) Petiteau (Bourget) (68), Le Puiset-Doré, 49252, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
- Adriaan van Unruh, Niemstow (Herzogswaldau), Lubin (Lüben), Neder-Silezië, Polen
- Marten Claeszn (Claes) (48)
Born on February 15
- 1519 » Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, first Spanish Governor of Florida († 1574)
- 1557 » Alfonso Fontanelli, Italian composer († 1622)
- 1564 » Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1642)
- 1571 » Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (probable; d. 1621)
- 1612 » Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal († 1676)
- 1627 » Charles Morton, Cornish nonconformist minister († 1698)
- 1638 » Zeb-un-Nissa, Mughal princess and poet († 1702)
- 1705 » Charles-André van Loo, French painter († 1765)
- 1710 » Louis XV of France († 1774)
- 1725 » Abraham Clark, American surveyor, lawyer, and politician († 1794)
Died on February 15
- 1417 » Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1385)
- 1508 » Giovanni II Bentivoglio, tyrant of Bologna (b. 1443)
- 1600 » José de Acosta, Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist (b. 1540)
- 1621 » Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1571)
- 1637 » Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
- 1738 » Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
- 1781 » Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1729)
- 1818 » Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (b. 1746)
- 1835 » Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
- 1839 » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
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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).
- 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.
- 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.