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Born on Saturday January 31, 1609
- Joannes Callewaert, Ardooie,, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1683)
- Daniël Daniël Bastiaan van HEIJST, Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Georg Klein, Uhingen, Wurttemburg, Germany († 1690)
- Maria Van Besie(e)n, Ardooie,8850,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1648)
- Maria Van Besien, Ardooie, België († 1646)
- Joannes Calewaert, Ardooie, België († 1683)
Died on Saturday January 31, 1609
- Christoph van Donop Heer van Borckhausen (69), Blomberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Thomas Andrew, Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England
- Christoph von Donop (69)
- Thomas PHILPOTT (71), Folkestone, Elmsted, Kent, England
- Christoph von Donop (69)
- John Philpott (62), Elmsted, Kent, England
Born on January 31
- 1512 » Henry, King of Portugal († 1580)
- 1543 » Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shōgun († 1616)
- 1583 » Peter Bulkley, English and later American Puritan († 1659)
- 1597 » John Francis Regis, French priest and saint († 1640)
- 1607 » James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby († 1651)
- 1624 » Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher and academic († 1669)
- 1673 » Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint († 1716)
- 1686 » Hans Egede, Norwegian missionary and explorer († 1758)
- 1752 » Gouverneur Morris, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France († 1816)
- 1759 » François Devienne, French flute player and composer († 1803)
Died on January 31
- 1561 » Bairam Khan, Mughalan general (b. 1501)
- 1561 » Menno Simons, Dutch minister and theologian (b. 1496)
- 1580 » Henry, king of Portugal (b. 1512)
- 1606 » Ambrose Rookwood, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (b. 1578)
- 1606 » Guy Fawkes, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (b. 1570)
- 1606 » Thomas Wintour, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (b. 1571)
- 1615 » Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1543)
- 1632 » Jost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)
- 1665 » Johannes Clauberg, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1622)
- 1686 » Jean Mairet, French playwright (b. 1604)
Names that were popular for boys in 1609
- Jan
- John
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Thomas
- William
- Petrus
- Willem
- Johannes
- Johan
- Richard
- Johann
- Gerrit
- Hendrik
Names that were popular for girls in 1609
- Anna
- Maria
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Elizabeth
- Mary
- Anne
- Barbara
- Joanna
- Marie
- Sarah
- Margaret
- Margaretha
- Lijsbeth
- Henrietta
- Jeanne
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 » 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.
- August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.