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. Share it »
Jan 06 Virginia is first colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed on this day in history. Share it »
Jan 14 On this day in history 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford Share it »
Jan 14 Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut" on this day in history. Share it »
Jan 19 On this day in history noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian Share it »
Jan 20 Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies on this day in history. Share it »
Jan 23 On this day in history francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake Share it »
Jan 24 On this day in history connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders Share it »
Jan 24 On this day in history george Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated Share it »
Feb 07 On this day in history académie Française begins the Dictionary of the French Language Share it »
Feb 07 Academie Francaise begins Dictionary of French Language on this day in history. Share it »
Mar 13 Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard on this day in history. Share it »
Mar 22 Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies on this day in history. Share it »
May 08 William Coddington founds Newport RI on this day in history. Share it »
May 20 Dorchester MA, forms first school funded by local taxes on this day in history. Share it »
May 20 Dorchester Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes on this day in history. Share it »
May 20 Dorchester, Massachusetts funds the first school in the US from local taxes on this day in history. Share it »
May 21 Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history. Share it »
Jun 01 Melchior Franck, German composer on this day in history. Share it »
Jun 02 Floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62 on this day in history. Share it »
Jun 06 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill on this day in history. Share it »
Jun 10 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware) on this day in history. Share it »
Jun 10 On this day in history the first American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware) Share it »
Jun 18 On this day in history treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war Share it »
Jul 09 On this day in history entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65 Share it »
Jul 18 Bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies on this day in history. Share it »
Jul 19 French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan on this day in history. Share it »
Aug 04 Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 on this day in history. Share it »
Aug 20 On this day in history martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41 Share it »
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. Share it »
Sep 12 Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England on this day in history. Share it »
Sep 20 John Meursius, [van Meurs], historian, dies at 60 on this day in history. Share it »
Sep 25 On this day in history 1st printing press in America Share it »
Sep 25 First printing press in America on this day in history. Share it »
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