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== Unexact dates==
*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)
(Click on date to see all magic events in that year)
*[[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
* [[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
* [[1655]] - [[A Candle in the Dark]] by Thomas Ady is published
* [[1658]] - First English Edition of ''[[Natural Magick]]'' is published
* [[1668]] - ''[[A Rich Cabinet]]'' is published in London
* [[1670]] - [[Christopher Pinchbeck]], a London clockmaker, is born c. 1670
* [[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
* [[1690]] - [[Jean Leurechon]] dies
* [[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]].  
* [[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]]''.
* [[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 06:57, 26 April 2015

The century of the 1600s.


Unexact dates

Selected Magic Events By Year

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Significant people


References