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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
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.
- John Napier - Scottish mathematician.
- Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan
