1618
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1580s 1590s 1600s – 1610s – 1620s 1630s 1640s |
| Years: | 1615 1616 1617 – 1618 – 1619 1620 1621 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1618 MDCXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2371 |
| Armenian calendar | 1067 ԹՎ ՌԿԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6368 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1539–1540 |
| Bengali calendar | 1025 |
| Berber calendar | 2568 |
| English Regnal year | 15 Ja. 1 – 16 Ja. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2162 |
| Burmese calendar | 980 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7126–7127 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4314 or 4254 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4315 or 4255 |
| Coptic calendar | 1334–1335 |
| Discordian calendar | 2784 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1610–1611 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5378–5379 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1674–1675 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1539–1540 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4718–4719 |
| Holocene calendar | 11618 |
| Igbo calendar | 618–619 |
| Iranian calendar | 996–997 |
| Islamic calendar | 1027–1028 |
| Japanese calendar | Genna 4 (元和４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1538–1539 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3951 |
| Minguo calendar | 294 before ROC 民前294年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 150 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2160–2161 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1744 or 1363 or 591 — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1745 or 1364 or 592 |
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 year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 618th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 17th century, and the 9th year of the 1610s decade. As of the start of 1618, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change | change source]- March 8 – Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery).
- May 23 – The Second Defenestration of Prague – Protestant noblemen throw three representatives of Ferdinand II out of a window. The event began the Thirty Years' War.
- July 20 – Pluto reached, according to sophisticated mathematical calculations, its second most recent aphelion. The next one occurred in 1866, and the following one will occur in 2113.
- August 29 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and Hugo Grotius are imprisoned by Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange
- October 29 – English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
- The margraves of Brandenburg is granted Polish approval to inherit Ducal Prussia.
- November 13, the Synod of Dordrecht has its first meeting.
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mustafa I (1617-1623) to Osman II (1618-1622).
- The 3000 seat Teatro Farnese, the first permanent proscenium theatre, was built into the Great Hall of the Palazzo della Pilotta in Parma, Italy in 1618.