Historical Events In 1639
Saturday, 21 June 2025
Jan 06 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed in the year 1639.
Jan 06 On this day in history 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 Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut" on this day in history.
Jan 19 On this day in history noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian
Jan 20 In the year 1639 mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies
Jan 23 Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake in the year 1639.
Jan 24 On this day in history 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 On this day in history academie Francaise begins Dictionary of French Language
Mar 13 Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard on this day in history.
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 Dorchester MA, forms first school funded by local taxes on this day in history.
May 20 Dorchester Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes in the year 1639.
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 in the year 1639.
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 In the year 1639 entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65
Jul 18 In the year 1639 bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies
Jul 19 French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan in the year 1639.
Aug 04 Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England
Sep 20 On this day in history john Meursius, [van Meurs], historian, dies at 60
Sep 25 On this day in history 1st printing press in America
Sep 25 First printing press in America on this day in history.
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