Historical Events In 1639

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 in the year 1639.   

Jan 14   1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford in the year 1639.   

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

Jan 19   Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian in the year 1639.   

Jan 20   On this day in history mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies   

Jan 23   Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders in the year 1639.   

Jan 24   George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated in the year 1639.   

Feb 07   Académie Française begins the Dictionary of the French Language on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1639 academie Francaise begins Dictionary of French Language   

Mar 13   Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard in the year 1639.   

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

May 08   William Coddington founds Newport RI in the year 1639.   

May 20   On this day in history dorchester MA, forms first school funded by local taxes   

May 20   Dorchester Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes in the year 1639.   

May 20   Dorchester, Massachusetts funds the first school in the US from local taxes in the year 1639.   

May 21   On this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70   

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

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

Jun 06   In the year 1639 massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill   

Jun 10   In the year 1639 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   Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war in the year 1639.   

Jul 09   Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Jul 18   In the year 1639 bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies   

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

Aug 04   In the year 1639 juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58   

Aug 20   In the year 1639 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   On this day in history viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England   

Sep 20   In the year 1639 john Meursius, [van Meurs], historian, dies at 60   

Sep 25   1st printing press in America in the year 1639.   

Sep 25   On this day in history first printing press in America   

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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   Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723) was born in the year 1639.   

Sep 17   Hans Herr, Mennonite bishop (d. 1725) was born on this day in history.   

Sep 29   In the year 1639 birth of lord William Russell, English politician (d. 1683)   

Oct 14   In the year 1639 birth of simon van der Stel, Dutch governor of Cape colony (1679-99)   

Dec 21   In the year 1639 birth of jean Racin, writer   

Dec 22   In the year 1639 birth of jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)   

Jan 20   In the year 1639 mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies   

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

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

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   Melchior Franck, German composer died in the year 1639.   

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