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May 24, 1618Born on Friday May 25, 1618
- William Austin
- Willem Hendricksen, Scherpenzeel
- Samuel Thompson, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England († 1646)
- Samuel Tompson, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England
- Gerard Elout, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Gerard Elout, Haarlem († 1673)
- Catharina De Brune, Lissewege († 1643)
- Walter Cook, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom († 1695)
- Jean van Van Hilst
- Constanza de Silva
Died on Friday May 25, 1618
- George Vernon Sr (84), Frodsam, Cheshire, England
- Reyner Van Vinceler
- Heijlken Aertssen Jacops
- Maria MOERS (55), Mol Belgie
- Heijlken Aertssen Jacops
- George Vernon, Sr (10th Great Grandfather) (84), Frodsam, Cheshire, England
- Susan Follet (6), St Mary the Virgin, Dover, Kent
- Maria Moors, Mol,, Antwerpen, België
- Lisa Stecher (0), Gemünden, Hessen
Born on May 25
- 1550 » Camillus de Lellis, Italian saint and nurse († 1614)
- 1606 » Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint († 1649)
- 1661 » Claude Buffier, Polish-French historian and philosopher († 1737)
- 1713 » John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1792)
- 1725 » Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island († 1776)
- 1783 » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1841)
- 1791 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor († 1841)
- 1803 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1873)
- 1803 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher († 1882)
- 1818 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic († 1897)
Died on May 25
- 1452 » John Stafford, English archbishop and politician
- 1555 » Gemma Frisius, Dutch physician, mathematician, and cartographer (b. 1508)
- 1555 » Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
- 1595 » Philip Neri, Italian priest and saint (b. 1515)
- 1595 » Valens Acidalius, German poet and critic (b. 1567)
- 1607 » Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Italian Carmelite nun and mystic (b. 1566)
- 1632 » Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
- 1667 » Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (b. 1620)
- 1681 » Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1600)
- 1741 » Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German bishop and theologian (b. 1660)
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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.