Year (''' MDCXVIII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian Calendar ).
- January 1 - Bartolomé Estéban Murillo , Spanish painter (d. 1682 )
- April 2 - Francesco Maria Grimaldi , Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663 )
- April 13 - Roger De Rabutin, Comte De Bussy , French writer (d. 1693 )
- November 3 - Aurangzeb , Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1707 )
- November - Simon Arnauld De Pomponne , French diplomat and minister of Louis XIV (d. 1699 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- Ādiŧyavoṇś , Ayuthian monarch
- --- Henry Bennet, 1st Earl Of Arlington , politician (member of the Cabal )
- --- Richard Lovelace , English poet (died c 1657 )
: ''See also .''
- February 20 - Philip William, Prince Of Orange (b. 1554 )
- March 23 - James Hamilton, 1st Earl Of Abercorn , Scottish politician (born c 1575 )
- June 7 - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr , English Governor of Virginia (b. 1577 )
- August 23 - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero , Dutch writer (b. 1585 )
- September 28 - Joshua Sylvester , English poet (b. 1563 )
- October 29 - Sir Walter Raleigh , English courtier and settler of Virginia (executed) (b. 1554 )
- November 2 - Archduke Maximilian III Of Austria (b. 1558 )
- December 6 - Jacques-Davy Duperron , French cardinal (b. 1556 )
- December 10 - Giulio Caccini , Italian composer (born 1551 )
- ''probable'' - Chief Powhatan , whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh, father of Pocahontas (born c. 1547 )
: ''See also .''
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