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Historical Events In 1639
Monday, 18 February 2019
Jan 06 In the year 1639 virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed 
Jan 06 Virginia is first colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed on this day in history.
Jan 14 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford in the year 1639.
Jan 14 Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut" in the year 1639.
Jan 19 In the year 1639 noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian
Jan 20 Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies on this day in history.
Jan 23 On this day in history francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake
Jan 24 In the year 1639 connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders
Jan 24 In the year 1639 george Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated
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 In the year 1639 cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard
Mar 22 On this day in history thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies
May 08 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history the first American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)
Jun 18 In the year 1639 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 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1639 madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
Sep 12 Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England on this day in history.
Sep 20 John Meursius, [van Meurs], historian, dies at 60 in the year 1639.
Sep 25 On this day in history 1st printing press in America
Sep 25 In the year 1639 first printing press in America
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