Historical Events In 1639
Thursday, 21 January 2021
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 in the year 1639.
Jan 14 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford on this day in history.
Jan 14 On this day in history rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut"
Jan 19 On this day in history noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian
Jan 20 On this day in history mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies
Jan 23 In the year 1639 francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake
Jan 24 In the year 1639 connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders
Jan 24 George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated in the year 1639.
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 in the year 1639.
Mar 22 Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies on this day in history.
May 08 William Coddington founds Newport RI in the year 1639.
May 20 Dorchester MA, forms first school funded by local taxes in the year 1639.
May 20 In the year 1639 dorchester Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes
May 20 In the year 1639 dorchester, Massachusetts funds the first school in the US from local taxes
May 21 Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.
Jun 01 In the year 1639 melchior Franck, German composer
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 in the year 1639.
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 in the year 1639.
Aug 04 On this day in history juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
Aug 20 Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41 on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Sep 20 John Meursius, [van Meurs], historian, dies at 60 on this day in history.
Sep 25 1st printing press in America on this day in history.
Sep 25 In the year 1639 first printing press in America
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