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1618Mar, 23

James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn

James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish police officer and politician (b. 1575)
James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn PC (S) (1575–1618) was a Scottish diplomat for James VI and I and an undertaker in the Plantation of Ulster, Ireland.

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Events on 1618

  • 8Mar

    Kepler's laws of planetary motion

    Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
  • 15May

    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).
  • 29Oct

    Walter Raleigh

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