Historical Events In 1639
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Jan 06 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed in the year 1639.
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 Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian on this day in history.
Jan 20 Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies in the year 1639.
Jan 23 On this day in history francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake
Jan 24 Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders on this day in history.
Jan 24 On this day in history george Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated
Feb 07 In the year 1639 académie Française begins the Dictionary of the French Language
Feb 07 Academie Francaise begins Dictionary of French Language in the year 1639.
Mar 13 Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard on this day in history.
Mar 22 On this day in history thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies
May 08 In the year 1639 william Coddington founds Newport RI
May 20 Dorchester MA, forms first school funded by local taxes in the year 1639.
May 20 On this day in history dorchester Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes
May 20 On this day in history dorchester, Massachusetts funds the first school in the US from local taxes
May 21 Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 in the year 1639.
Jun 01 In the year 1639 melchior Franck, German composer
Jun 02 Floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62 in the year 1639.
Jun 06 On this day in history massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
Jun 10 On this day in history 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)
Jun 10 The first American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware) in the year 1639.
Jun 18 On this day in history treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war
Jul 09 Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65 in the year 1639.
Jul 18 In the year 1639 bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies
Jul 19 On this day in history french troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan
Aug 04 In the year 1639 juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
Aug 20 On this day in history martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41
Aug 22 Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers on this day in history.
Sep 12 Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England in the year 1639.
Sep 20 In the year 1639 john Meursius, [van Meurs], historian, dies at 60
Sep 25 1st printing press in America on this day in history.
Sep 25 First printing press in America in the year 1639.
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