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Events
- 1618 : Beginning of the Thirty Years War .
science
- 1610 : Galileo Galilei and Simon Marius separately discover the 4 largest moons of Jupiter with the help of the telescope newly developed in the Netherlands , the first proof that not all celestial bodies rotate around the earth . Simon Marius names them Ganymed , Callisto , Europa and Io .
Personalities
- Louis XIII , King of France and Navarre
- Maria de 'Medici , Queen Mother of France
- Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu , cardinal
- Ferdinand II , Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia
- Matthias , Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia
- Philip III , King of Spain, Naples, Sicily and Portugal
- Philip IV , King of Spain, Naples, Sicily and Portugal
- Johann Sigismund , Duke of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg
- Paul V , Pope
- Michael I , Tsar in Russia
- James I , King of England, Scotland and Ireland
- Go-Yōzei , Emperor of Japan
- Go-Mizunoo , Emperor of Japan
- Wanli , Emperor of China
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