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.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
May 23: The Second Defenestration of Prague takes place
1618 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1618
MDCXVIII
Ab urbe condita2371
Armenian calendar1067
ԹՎ ՌԿԷ
Assyrian calendar6368
Balinese saka calendar1539–1540
Bengali calendar1025
Berber calendar2568
English Regnal year15 Ja. 1 – 16 Ja. 1
Buddhist calendar2162
Burmese calendar980
Byzantine calendar7126–7127
Chinese calendar丁巳年 (Fire Snake)
4315 or 4108
    — to —
戊午年 (Earth Horse)
4316 or 4109
Coptic calendar1334–1335
Discordian calendar2784
Ethiopian calendar1610–1611
Hebrew calendar5378–5379
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1674–1675
 - Shaka Samvat1539–1540
 - Kali Yuga4718–4719
Holocene calendar11618
Igbo calendar618–619
Iranian calendar996–997
Islamic calendar1027–1028
Japanese calendarGenna 4
(元和4年)
Javanese calendar1538–1539
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3951
Minguo calendar294 before ROC
民前294年
Nanakshahi calendar150
Thai solar calendar2160–2161
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
September 19November 21: Siege of Pilsen

Events

edit

January–March

edit

April–June

edit

July–September

edit

October–December

edit

Date unknown

edit

Births

edit
 
Jan Six
 
Sir Peter Lely
 
Aurangzeb

January–March

edit

April–June

edit

July–September

edit

October–December

edit

Date unknown

edit

Deaths

edit
 
Philip II, Duke of Pomerania
 
Marie of the Incarnation (Carmelite)
 
Nicolò Rusca
 
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
 
Jakob Rem

January–March

edit

April–June

edit

July–September

edit

October–December

edit
 
Sir Walter Raleigh

Date unknown

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Nuncius. L.S. Olschki. 2009. p. 359.
  2. ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1970) [1928]. A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia. Oosterhout: Anthropological Publications. p. 397.
  3. ^ "The 10 Worst Snow Disasters in History". Scientific American. February 16, 2004. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  4. ^ "Today in Switzerland History". HistoryOrb. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  5. ^ Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor (1906). Molière: A Biography. Duffield. p. 409.
  6. ^ The English Cyclopædia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. Bradbury and Evans. 1858. p. 317.
  7. ^ Isaac Asimov (1976). Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology: The Lives and Achievements of 1195 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present Chronologically Arranged. Avon Books. pp. 174–5. ISBN 978-0-380-00619-9.
  8. ^ History of Parliament Online - Moore, Thomas
  9. ^ "Lindsay, Alexander (1618-1659)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  10. ^ National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain); Oliver Millar (1979). Sir Peter Lely, 1618-80. National Portrait Gallery. p. 9. ISBN 9780904017250.
  11. ^ "Collective Biographies of Women". cbw.iath.virginia.edu. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  12. ^ Graeff, P. de (P. de Graeff Gerritsz en Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek) Genealogie van de familie De Graeff van Polsbroek, Amsterdam 1882.
  13. ^ Alvise Zorzi (1983). Venice, the Golden Age, 697-1797. Abbeville Press. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-89659-406-7.
  14. ^ Hilary Aidan St. George Saunders (1951). Westminster Hall. M. Joseph. p. 146. ISBN 978-7-250-01065-2.
  15. ^ David Ewen (1966). Great Composers, 1300-1900: A Biographical and Critical Guide. H. W. Wilson Company. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8242-0018-3.
  16. ^ George Owen (1936). The Description of Penbrokshire. C. J. Clark. p. 577.