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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).
The margraves of Brandenburg is granted Polish approval to inherit Ducal Prussia.
The Synod of Dort is convened.
Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mustafa I (1617-1623) to Osman II (1618-1622).
May 23 - The Second Defenstration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
October 29 - English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
Births
January 1 - Duke Karl I Ludwig of Pfalz, Heidelberg, Germany
November 3 - Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor
Deaths
August 23 - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1585)
October 29 - Sir Walter Raleigh
November 2 - Archduke Maximilian III of Austria
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