Births on April 2

Francesco Maria Grimaldi

Born on April 2, 1618

Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)

Francesco Maria Grimaldi (2 April 1618 – 28 December 1663) was an Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician and physicist who taught at the Jesuit college in Bologna. He was born in Bologna to Paride Grimaldi and Anna Cattani.

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Events on 1618

8 Mar

Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
15 May

Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
29 Oct

Walter Raleigh
English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.