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Born on Tuesday January 20, 1609
- John Frost, Stanstead, Suffolk, England († 1672)
- Wenzel Eusebius Václav Eusebius z Lobkovic II. Fürst von Lobkowitz, Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria († 1677)
- Lena Bassauer, Eningen, Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Anna Cornelius Michaelis, Oisterwijk
- Thomas Alcock, York, Yorkshire, England († 1657)
- Francesca DI MARIA, Carini,90044,Palerme,Sicile,ITALIE
- John Frost of Suffolk, Stanstead, Suffolk, England († 1672)
- William Hawkins, Exon Glouer, Devon, England († 1699)
- Pierre DONADIEU, Pelissanne,13 330,Bouches du Rhone,FRANCE († 1668)
- Václav Eusebius VON LOBKOWICZ, Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic († 1677)
Died on Tuesday January 20, 1609
- Georg WOLFF (69), Liedolsheim, Baden, Preußen
- Thomas Haydon (47), England
- Giacomo GIAMBANCO (28), Carini,90044,Palerme,Sicile,ITALIE
- Henry BUTLER (71), Higham Gobion, Bedfordshire, England
- Julien 1539 HARDY (70), Saint-Mars-du-Désert, 44850, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
- Henry BOTELER (50)
- Cornelis Jans van Sassen, Breda
- Mary HARRIS, Barnstaple, South Molton, Devon
- Sir Henry Boteler (71), Higham Gobion, Bedfordshire, England
Born on January 20
- 1502 » Sebastian de Aparicio, Spanish-Mexican rancher and missionary († 1600)
- 1526 » Rafael Bombelli, Italian mathematician († 1572)
- 1554 » Sebastian of Portugal († 1578)
- 1569 » Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer († 1629)
- 1573 » Simon Marius, German astronomer and academic († 1624)
- 1586 » Johann Hermann Schein, German composer († 1630)
- 1664 » Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist († 1718)
- 1703 » Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer († 1741)
- 1716 » Charles III of Spain († 1788)
- 1716 » Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and numismatist († 1795)
Died on January 20
- 1479 » John II, king of Sicily (b. 1398)
- 1568 » Myles Coverdale, English bishop and translator (b. 1488)
- 1612 » Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552)
- 1663 » Isaac Ambrose, English minister and author (b. 1604)
- 1666 » Anne of Austria, Queen and regent of France (b. 1601)
- 1707 » Humphrey Hody, English scholar and theologian (b. 1659)
- 1709 » François de la Chaise, French priest (b. 1624)
- 1751 » John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)
- 1770 » Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)
- 1779 » David Garrick, English actor, producer, playwright, and manager (b. 1717)
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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 » Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
- May 23 » Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
- 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 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.