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Born on Saturday January 17, 1609
- Geertruid Hattemius (Hattemia), Sloten, Gaasterland,, Friesland, Nederland
- Anna Margaretha Rapp, Oberndorf, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Adrianus Willems, Geel, Antwerpen, België
- Charles Sevestre, Paris, France († 1657)
- Barbara Forbes
- Jean Lemmens, 3550 Heusden, Heusden-Zolder, LImburg, BE († 1621)
Died on Saturday January 17, 1609
- Pieter Cornelisz (54)
- Stijntgen GERRITSDR
- Janneke Jaephetsdr (44)
- Pieter Cornelis (54)
- Volf Kolowrat-Novohradsky, Lnáře, Tchéquie
- Maria Salome Breitschwert (68)
- Maria Jung (35), Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Sachsen, Germany
- Johan Willem van Schwendi Vrijheer van Hohenlandsberg (52)
- Pieter Cornelis (44)
- Janneke Japhetsdr Westduel (74), IJsselmonde,,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Born on January 17
- 1517 » Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English Duke († 1554)
- 1560 » Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist, physician, and academic († 1624)
- 1574 » Robert Fludd, English physician, astrologer, and mathematician († 1637)
- 1593 » William Backhouse, English alchemist and astrologer († 1662)
- 1600 » Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright and poet († 1681)
- 1612 » Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician († 1671)
- 1640 » Jonathan Singletary Dunham, American settler († 1724)
- 1659 » Antonio Veracini, Italian violinist and composer († 1745)
- 1666 » Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician († 1723)
- 1686 » Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author († 1766)
Died on January 17
- 1456 » Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont, French translator (b. 1395)
- 1468 » Skanderbeg, Albanian soldier and politician (b. 1405)
- 1588 » Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528)
- 1598 » Feodor I of Russia (b. 1557)
- 1617 » Fausto Veranzio, Croatian bishop and lexicographer (b. 1551)
- 1705 » John Ray, English botanist and historian (b. 1627)
- 1718 » Benjamin Church, American colonel (b. 1639)
- 1737 » Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)
- 1738 » Jean-François Dandrieu, French organist and composer (b. 1682)
- 1751 » Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671)
Names that were popular for boys in 1609
- Jan
- John
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Thomas
- William
- Petrus
- Willem
- Johannes
- Johan
- Richard
- Johann
- Gerrit
- Jean
Names that were popular for girls in 1609
- Anna
- Maria
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Elizabeth
- Mary
- Anne
- Barbara
- Joanna
- Marie
- Sarah
- Margaret
- Margaretha
- Lijsbeth
- Jeanne
- Henrietta
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 4 » Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.
- April 5 » Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
- April 9 » Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
- May 20 » Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
- May 23 » Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
- August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.