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Helping orphans the way you would do it

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s

Years: 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 - 1617 - 1618 1619 1620 1621 1622

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Year in topic
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623).
Francesco Andreini's The Penitent Magdalene is published.

Year in topic

Births

Deaths

February 6 - Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist.
May 7 - David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer.
November 22 - Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor
John Napier - Scottish mathematician.
Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan