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In 1618 Sir ---------- Raleigh is executed in London. ?

In 1618 Sir Walter ---------- is executed in London. ?

In 1727 Severe earthquake in---------- . ?

In 1740 ---------- (in Scotland), Samuel Johnson's biographer, born. ?

In 1863 International Committee of the ---------- is founded (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963). ?