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Historical Events Happened In 1639

Friday, 24 May 2013

Jan 06 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed on this day in history.

Jan 06 Virginia is first colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed on this day in history.

Jan 14 On this day in history 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford

Jan 14 Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut" on this day in history.

Jan 19 On this day in history noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian

Jan 20 Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies on this day in history.

Jan 23 On this day in history francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake

Jan 24 On this day in history connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders

Jan 24 On this day in history george Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated

Feb 07 On this day in history académie Française begins the Dictionary of the French Language

Feb 07 Academie Francaise begins Dictionary of French Language on this day in history.

Mar 13 Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard on this day in history.

Mar 22 Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies on this day in history.

May 08 William Coddington founds Newport RI on this day in history.

May 20 Dorchester MA, forms first school funded by local taxes on this day in history.

May 20 Dorchester Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes on this day in history.

May 20 Dorchester, Massachusetts funds the first school in the US from local taxes on this day in history.

May 21 Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.

Jun 01 Melchior Franck, German composer on this day in history.

Jun 02 Floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62 on this day in history.

Jun 06 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill on this day in history.

Jun 10 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware) on this day in history.

Jun 10 On this day in history the first American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)

Jun 18 On this day in history treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war

Jul 09 On this day in history entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65

Jul 18 Bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies on this day in history.

Jul 19 French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan on this day in history.

Aug 04 Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 on this day in history.

Aug 20 On this day in history martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41

Aug 22 On this day in history madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.

Sep 12 Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England on this day in history.

Sep 20 John Meursius, [van Meurs], historian, dies at 60 on this day in history.

Sep 25 On this day in history 1st printing press in America

Sep 25 First printing press in America on this day in history.

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Famous Birthdays In 1639

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 19 On this day in history birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian

Feb 06 On this day in history birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)

Jun 21 On this day in history birth of increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723)

Sep 17 On this day in history birth of hans Herr, Mennonite bishop (d. 1725)

Sep 29 Lord William Russell, English politician (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.

Oct 14 Simon van der Stel, Dutch governor of Cape colony (1679-99) was born on this day in history.

Dec 21 On this day in history birth of jean Racin, writer

Dec 22 On this day in history birth of jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)

Famous Deaths In 1639

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 20 Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies on this day in history.

Jan 23 On this day in history death of francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake

Jan 24 George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated died on this day in history.

Mar 22 On this day in history thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies

May 21 Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.

Jun 01 On this day in history death of melchior Franck, German composer

Jun 02 On this day in history floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62

Jul 09 On this day in history entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65