Historical Events In 1639
Saturday, 23 September 2023
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 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 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 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1639 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 On this day in history cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard
Mar 22 In the year 1639 thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies
May 08 In the year 1639 william Coddington founds Newport RI
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 in the year 1639.
Jun 06 On this day in history massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
Jun 10 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware) on this day in history.
Jun 10 In the year 1639 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 Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65 in the year 1639.
Jul 18 Bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies in the year 1639.
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 in the year 1639.
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 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 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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