Timeline November 1618

Events in November 1618 3

• 1558 – 1618 Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (1558-1618) Died 2 November 1618, aged 60 Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, died on 2 November 1618. A member of the House of Habsburg, he had once been a candidate for the Polish throne and later administered Habsburg territories in Tyrol. His death came as tensions in Bohemia were escalating toward the Thirty Years' War.
• 1618 Great Comet of 1618 appears A bright comet is observed across Europe for weeks A great comet, later catalogued as C/1618 W1, was first sighted in November 1618 and remained visible to the naked eye into early 1619. Its brightness prompted widespread observation and commentary across Europe, including by astronomers studying cometary motion. Many contemporaries took its appearance as an omen of the war breaking out in Bohemia.
• 1618 Synod of Dort convenes Dutch Reformed Church confronts the Arminian controversy The Synod of Dort opened in Dordrecht on 13 November 1618, bringing together Reformed theologians from across Europe to resolve the dispute between Calvinists and the followers of Jacobus Arminius. The synod produced the Canons of Dort, articulating what became known as the "five points of Calvinism" and condemning Arminian teaching. Its decisions shaped Reformed Protestant doctrine for centuries.