Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1639
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
Jan 06 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed in the year 1639. 
Jan 06 In the year 1639 virginia is first colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
Jan 14 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford on this day in history.
Jan 14 In the year 1639 rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut"
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 Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake in the year 1639.
Jan 24 Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders in the year 1639.
Jan 24 On this day in history george Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated
Feb 07 Académie Française begins the Dictionary of the French Language on this day in history.
Feb 07 Academie Francaise begins Dictionary of French Language on this day in history.
Mar 13 In the year 1639 cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard
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 In the year 1639 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 Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.
Jun 01 On this day in history melchior Franck, German composer
Jun 02 In the year 1639 floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62
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) in the year 1639.
Jun 10 In the year 1639 the first American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)
Jun 18 Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 in the year 1639.
Sep 12 Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England in the year 1639.
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 in the year 1639.
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