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16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:1600s,1610s,1620s,1630s,1640s,1650s,1660s,1670s,1680s,1690s
1618 1619 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628
1623 - decade 1620s - 17th century
Events:
- August 6: Pope Urban VIII is elected to the Papacy.
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mustafa I (1617-1623) to Osman II (1618-1622)
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman II (1618-1622) to Murat IV (1623-1640)
- Wilhelm Schickard invents his "Calculating Clock", and early mechanical calculator.
- Procopius's long-lost Secret History is rediscovered in the Vatican Library.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis colonized by England.
Births:
Deaths:
- July 18: Pope Gregory XV, pope.
- Andrea Andreani, Italian engraver.