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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>
  
 
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* [[1606]] - [[St Nicholas Owen]] dies on March 2
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* [[1612]] - [[The Art of Jugling or Legerdemaine|''The Art of Jugling or Legerdemaine'']] is published
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* [[1615]] - [[John Baptista Porta]] dies
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* [[1616]] - [[Chapeaugraphy]] is first performed
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* [[1624]] - [[Mathematical Recreations|''Mathematical Recreations'']] first published
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* [[1630]] - [[Dainty Conceits|''Dainty Conceits'']] by Thomas Johnson published in London
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* [[1631]] - One of the earliest documentations of the [[Bullet Catch|bullet catch]] appeared in the book ''[[Threats of God's Judgments]]'' by Reverend Thomas Beard
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* [[1633]] - [[Tabarin]] dies
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* [[1634]] - [[Hocus Pocus Junior|''Hocus Pocus Junior:The Anatomie of Legerdemain'']] was first published
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* [[1638]] - [[Claude-Gaspar Bachet]] dies
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* [[1640]] - [[Jacques Ozanam]] is born
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* [[1641]] - John Wilkins writes ''[[Mercury, Or the Secret and Swift Messenger]]''
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* [[1651]] - [[The Discoverie of Witchcraft]] second edition is published in London
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* [[1655]] - [[A Candle in the Dark]] by Thomas Ady is published
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* [[1658]] - First English Edition of ''[[Natural Magick]]'' is published
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* [[1668]] - ''[[A Rich Cabinet]]'' is published in London
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* [[1670]] - [[Christopher Pinchbeck]], a London clockmaker, is born c. 1670
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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
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* [[1690]] - [[Jean Leurechon]] dies
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* [[1694]] - ''[[Récréations mathématiques et physiques]]'' is published by [[Jacques Ozanam]] in French
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==Significant people==
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* [[Tabarin]] (1584-1633), a French comedian that performed what became known as [[Chapeaugraphy]].
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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]]''.
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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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{{References}}
*In Early 1600s, many copies of  Scot's [[The Discoverie of Witchcraft|''The Discoverie of Witchcraft'']] are burned
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'''[[1600-Unexact dates|View all 1600-Unexact dates]]'''
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*[[The Art of Jugling or Legerdemaine|''The Art of Jugling or Legerdemaine'']] is published
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'''[[1612|View all 1612 events]]
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===[[1624]]===
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**[[Mathematical Recreations|''Mathematical Recreations'']] first published
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'''[[1624|View all 1624 events]]'''
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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