September 19 – The Siege of Pilsen begins as the first major battle of the Thirty Years' War, as Bohemian Protestants lay siege to the Bohemian Catholic city and lasts for more than two months. September 28 – The Battle of Orynin takes place. Polish and Lithuanian Army forces fail to stop an invasion by Crimean Tatars, who then proceed in burning villages in Lithuania and enslaving residents. October–December October 9 – Residents of Mogilev revolt against Uniate bishop Josaphat Kuntsevych. October 29 – English adventurer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded at the Palace of Westminster, for allegedly conspiring treasonably against James I of England in 1603, following pressure from the Spanish government, over his attack on their settlement on the Orinoco, on his last (1617–18) voyage. November 13 – The Synod of Dort has its first meeting. November 21 – Pilsen falls to Bohemian Protestants led by Ernst von Mansfeld after more than two months of deprivation of food. December 11 – Russia and Poland sign the Truce of Deulino. Date unknown The margraves of Brandenburg are granted Polish approval to inherit the Duchy of Prussia, creating the state of Brandenburg-Prussia. The 3,000 seat Teatro Farnese, the first permanent proscenium theatre, is built into the Great Hall of the Palazzo della Pilotta in Parma, Italy. The Ming Chinese embassy of the Wanli Emperor presents tea to the Russian tsar. Births January–March January 1 (bapt.) – Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682) January 2 – Jean Hamon, French doctor and writer (d. 1687) January 3 – Jean Crasset, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1692) January 8 – Madeleine Béjart, French actress and theatre director (d. 1672) January 14 – Jan Six, important cultural figure in the Dutch Golden Age (d. 1700) January 25 – Nicolaes Visscher I, Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher (d. 1679) January 28 – James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough, English nobleman, sailor, and mathematician (d. 1665) January 29 – Jean Paul Médaille, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1689) February 12 – Olaus Verelius, scholar of Old Norse and Scandinavian studies (d. 1682) February 17 – Matthias Abele, Austrian jurist, mine official (d. 1677) February 19 – Johannes Phocylides Holwarda, Dutch astronomer (d. 1651) March 4 – George Louis, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, German noble (d. 1656) March 19 – Thomas Hinckley, last colonial governor of Plymouth Colony (d. 1706) April–June April 2 – Francesco Maria