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Harmonic Law
May 15 German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third of his three planetary laws, the "harmonic law"
- May 23 Second Defenestration of Prague: Two Catholic Lords Regent and their secretary are thrown out of a window and amazingly are not seriously injured by the 70 foot (21m) fall. Triggers the Thirty Years' War.
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