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Born on Tuesday January 13, 1609
- Mary Stone
- John Thurston (10th gGF), Wrentham, Suffolk, England († 1685)
- Élisabeth BELTZ, Eschentzwiller, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
- Joannes Lens, Rijmenam, Antwerpen, België
- Petrus Loncq Lonken Loncken Loenck, Roosendaal
- Petrus Joossen Lonck, Roosendaal
- Joannes LENTS, Rijmenam, 2820, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
- Petrus Joossen Loncke, Roosendaal († 1664)
- Johannes Antonides van der Linden, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1664)
- Samuel Gerlach, Göppingen (D) († 1683)
Died on Tuesday January 13, 1609
- Jacob van Dongen
- Lady Margaret Wemyss, (64), Cullerney, Creych Fife, Midlothian, Scotland
- Margaret Euphame, Lady Wemyss, daughter of John, married David Barclay VIII, David Carnegie and John Aytoun (74), Cullerney Creych Fife, Midlothia, Scotland
- Aeltje Pieters Jongkint (Jonckint)
- Margaret Wemyss (74), Cullerney Creych Fife, Midlothia, Scotland
- Guilielmus Vuskens (69), Hasselt
- Hendrik van Dongen
- Lady Margaret Euphame Wemyss (74), Cullerney, Creych Fife, Midlothian, Scotland
- Lady Margaret Wemyss (64), Cullerney, Creych Fife, Midlothian, Scotland
- Margaret Wemyss Lady of Rhynd (74), Cullerney, Creych Fife, Midlothian, Scotland
Born on January 13
- 1477 » Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland († 1527)
- 1505 » Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg († 1571)
- 1562 » Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet and soldier († 1601)
- 1596 » Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator († 1656)
- 1610 » Maria Anna of Bavaria, archduchess of Austria († 1665)
- 1616 » Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic and author († 1680)
- 1651 » Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1694)
- 1683 » Christoph Graupner, German harpsichord player and composer († 1760)
- 1720 » Richard Hurd, English bishop († 1808)
- 1749 » Maler Müller, German poet, painter, and playwright († 1825)
Died on January 13
- 1400 » Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (b. 1373)
- 1599 » Edmund Spenser, English poet, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1552)
- 1612 » Jane Dormer, English lady-in-waiting (b. 1538)
- 1625 » Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1568)
- 1684 » Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, English nobleman (b. 1628)
- 1691 » George Fox, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1624)
- 1717 » Maria Sibylla Merian, German entomologist and illustrator (b. 1647)
- 1775 » Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (b. 1693)
- 1790 » Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, French admiral (b. 1712)
- 1796 » John Anderson, Scottish philosopher and educator (b. 1726)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1609
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- April 9 » Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
- May 20 » Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
- July 9 » Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
- July 25 » The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.
- August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
- September 13 » Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.