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Deaths in History in 1618

  • Feb 20 Philip William, Prince of Orange (1584) and Knight of the Golden Fleece (1599), dies at 63
  • Mar 23 James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician
  • Apr 19 Thomas Bastard, clergyman and epigrammatist (b. 1565 or 1566)
  • Jun 7 Thomas West, 3rd & 12th Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist and Governor of Virginia, dies at 40
  • Aug 23 Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33

Person of interestAlbert Frederick

Aug 28 Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (1568–1618), dies at 65

Duke of Prussia Albert Frederick
Duke of Prussia
Albert Frederick
  • Sep 28 Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 68
  • Sep 28 Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)

BattleWalter Raleigh

Oct 29 Walter Raleigh, English scholar, poet, historian and explorer, beheaded for treason at about 64

Explorer Walter Raleigh
Explorer
Walter Raleigh
  • Nov 2 Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (1612-18), dies at 60
  • Dec 6 Jacques Davy Duperron, French Roman Catholic cardinal, dies at 62

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