1618 (MDCXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1618th...
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the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia from 1609 to 1618. Russia had been experiencing the Time of Troubles since the death of Tsar...
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C/1618 W1 is a comet that was visible to the naked eye in 1618 and 1619. It is classified as a "Great Comet" due to its extraordinary brightness and its...
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Thirty Years' War (section Background: 1556 to 1618)
The Thirty Years' War, from 1618 to 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated...
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Groombridge 1618 is a star in the northern constellation Ursa Major. With an apparent visual magnitude of +6.6, it lies at or below the threshold of stars...
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The year 1618 in science and technology involved some significant events. March 8 – May 15 – Johannes Kepler formulates the third law of planetary motion...
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Andrzej Potocki (1618–1663) was a Polish noble. He was Obozny of the Crown since 1665, voivode of Bracław Voivodeship since 1662 and starost of Winnica...
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Slamming Bill (redirect from Bill 1618)
Slamming Bill (Anti-slamming Amendments Act, S. 1618) was a bill proposed in the United States Senate in 1998. It never passed. This bill is often mentioned...
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Defenestrations of Prague (category 1618 in the Habsburg monarchy)
have first been used in English in reference to the episodes in Prague in 1618 when the disgruntled Protestant estates threw two royal governors and their...
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Ottoman–Safavid war (1603–1612) (redirect from Ottoman-Safavid War (1603-1618))
The Ottoman–Safavid war of 1603–1612 consisted of two wars between Safavid Iran under Shah Abbas I and the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed III and his son...
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Bohemian Revolt (redirect from Bohemian rebellion (1618–20))
Bohemian Revolt (German: Böhmischer Aufstand; Czech: České stavovské povstání; 1618–1620) was an uprising of the Bohemian estates against the rule of the Habsburg...
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The Ottoman–Safavid War of 1616–1618 was a brief war between the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran. After the Ottoman–Safavid war (1603–1612), the Ottomans...
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Mustafa I (section First reign (1617–1618))
twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 22 November 1617 to 26 February 1618, and from 20 May 1622 to 10 September 1623. He was the son of sultan Mehmed...
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surpassed by 1618 which saw 316k deaths. As the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and the Manchu conquest of China (1618–1683) continued, 1618 was surpassed...
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Mauritius (1612) (redirect from Mauritius (1618))
documented as being in service to the Dutch East India Company between 1618 and 1622. On the 1618 voyage, the ship was commanded by Supercargo Willem Janszoon and...
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Poland up to 1657. The union of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia in 1618 led to the proclamation of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701. Prussia entered...
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Babylon, dating to around c. 1646–1626 BC (Middle Chronology) or c. 1638–1618 BC (Low Middle Chronology). Some twenty-one year-names survive for his reign...
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campaign of 1617–1618 and the entire Polish–Russian War of 1609–1618. During the short siege, which lasted several weeks in the autumn of 1618, an assault...
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a pamphlet, An Astronomical Disputation on the Three Comets of the Year 1618, which discussed the nature of a comet that had appeared late in November...
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Rough Guide to New York City (11 ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 978-0-8070-1618-3. Felder, Raoul (2004). "The Wildenstein Divorce". Bare Knuckle Negotiation...
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the resulting Bohemian Revolt led to outbreak of the Thirty Years' War in 1618. Elector Frederick V of the Electorate of the Palatinate, a Calvinist Protestant...
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The year 1618 in music involved some significant events. May 23 – Beginning of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), which will disrupt German musical establishments...
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Walter Raleigh (category 1618 deaths)
Sir Walter Raleigh (/ˈrɔːli, ˈræli, ˈrɑːli/; c. 1553 – 29 October 1618) was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable...
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who contributed the eagle to Prometheus Bound (c. 1611–12, completed by 1618), and his good friend the flower-painter Jan Brueghel the Elder. Rubens built...
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the Commonwealth covered almost 1,000,000 km2 (400,000 sq mi) and as of 1618 sustained a multi-ethnic population of almost 12 million. Polish and Latin...
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Livonian campaign was the main theatre of the Polish–Swedish War (1617–1618). While the main Swedish objective to capture Riga failed.The Swedes only managed...
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1610s in architecture (redirect from 1618 in architecture)
Malta. 1615 Work starts on the Jesuit Church, Molsheim (consecrated in 1618). The Wignacourt Aqueduct in Malta is completed (begun in 1610). 1616 Work...
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1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 … In literature 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621 Art Archaeology...
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