1612 Calendar
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1612 Historical Event(s)
April 13, 1612
– Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojiro at Funajima island.
August 19, 1612
– The “Samlesbury witches”, three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused for practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in English history.
November 1, 1612
– (22 October O.S.) Time of Troubles in Russia: Moscow, Kitai-gorod, is captured by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky
December 28, 1612
– Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
Who Were Born On 1612?
January 17, 1612
– Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English Civil War general (d. 1671)
February 6, 1612
– Antoine Arnauld, French theologian, philosopher and mathematician (d. 1694)
February 22, 1612
– George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677)
February 28, 1612
– John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)
June 16, 1612
– Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640)
June 23, 1612
– André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (d. 1660)
June 25, 1612
– John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (d. 1634)
August 2, 1612
– Saskia van Uylenburgh, wife of Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1642)
August 28, 1612
– Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)
November 17, 1612
– Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)