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== Unexact dates==
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*In Early 1600s, many copies of  Scot's [[The Discoverie of Witchcraft|''The Discoverie of Witchcraft'']] are burned. <ref>[[Timeline of Magic]]</ref>
  
 
==Selected Magic Events By Year==
 
==Selected Magic Events By Year==
 
(Click on date to see all magic events in that year)
 
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*[[1600-Unexact dates]] - In Early 1600s, many copies of  Scot's [[The Discoverie of Witchcraft|''The Discoverie of Witchcraft'']] are burned
 
  
 
* [[1606]] - [[St Nicholas Owen]] dies on March 2
 
* [[1606]] - [[St Nicholas Owen]] dies on March 2
  
*[[1612]] - [[The Art of Jugling or Legerdemaine|''The Art of Jugling or Legerdemaine'']] is published
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* [[1612]] - [[The Art of Jugling or Legerdemaine|''The Art of Jugling or Legerdemaine'']] is published
  
 
* [[1615]] - [[John Baptista Porta]] dies
 
* [[1615]] - [[John Baptista Porta]] dies
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* [[1641]] - John Wilkins writes ''[[Mercury, Or the Secret and Swift Messenger]]''
 
* [[1641]] - John Wilkins writes ''[[Mercury, Or the Secret and Swift Messenger]]''
  
* [[1651]] - [[The Discoverie of Witchcraft]] second edition is published in London.
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* [[1651]] - [[The Discoverie of Witchcraft]] second edition is published in London
  
 
* [[1655]] - [[A Candle in the Dark]] by Thomas Ady is published
 
* [[1655]] - [[A Candle in the Dark]] by Thomas Ady is published
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* [[1668]] - ''[[A Rich Cabinet]]'' is published in London
 
* [[1668]] - ''[[A Rich Cabinet]]'' is published in London
  
* [[1676]] - ''[[Sports and Pastimes]]'' is published by anonymous, including possibly the first reference to the [[Ball and Vase|ball and vase]], which became a common children's prop since.
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* [[1670]] - [[Christopher Pinchbeck]], a London clockmaker, is born c. 1670
  
* [[1690]] - [[Jean Leurechon]] dies.
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* [[1676]] - ''[[Sports and Pastimes]]'' is published by anonymous, including possibly the first reference to the [[Ball and Vase|ball and vase]], which became a common children's prop since
  
* [[1694]] - ''[[Récréations mathématiques et physiques]]'' is published by [[Jacques Ozanam]] in French.
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* [[1690]] - [[Jean Leurechon]] dies
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* [[1694]] - ''[[Récréations mathématiques et physiques]]'' is published by [[Jacques Ozanam]] in French
  
 
==Significant people==
 
==Significant people==
* [[Tabarin]] (1584-1633), a French comedian that performed what became known as [[Chapeaugraphy]].  
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* [[Tabarin]] (1584-1633), a French comedian that performed what became known as [[Chapeaugraphy]].
  
* [[Claude-Gaspar Bachet|Claude-Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac]] (1581-1638), a French mathematician who formed the basis for almost all later books on mathematical recreations. Author of ''[[Problèmes plaisants et délectables qui se font par les nombres]]''
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* [[Claude-Gaspar Bachet|Claude-Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac]] (1581-1638), a French mathematician who formed the basis for almost all later books on mathematical recreations. Author of ''[[Problèmes plaisants et délectables qui se font par les nombres]]''.
 
   
 
   
* [[Jean Leurechon]] (1591-1690), thought to be the author of author of the book ''[[Mathematical Recreations]]'' which includes parlor tricks and conjuring practices.  
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* [[Jean Leurechon]] (1591-1690), thought to be the author of author of the book ''[[Mathematical Recreations]]'' which includes parlor tricks and conjuring practices.
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Latest revision as of 11:57, 26 April 2015

The century of the 1600s.


Unexact dates

Selected Magic Events By Year

(Click on date to see all magic events in that year)

Significant people


References

  1. Timeline of Magic