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Born on Tuesday January 6, 1609
- Margaretha Servatii, Meijel, Limburg, Niederlande
- Margaretha Servatii, Meijel, Limburg, Niederlande
- Edme René van Girardin, Auxerre, Bourgondië († 1668)
- Mary Maverick, Devon, England († 1652)
- Joannes Daemen, Bingelrade, Limburg, Niederlande
- Hendrik Harmense Croese, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1681)
- Aleida van Campen († 1662)
- Peter Guentlisperg, Rüderswil, Emmental, Bern, Switzerland († 1670)
- Huijbrecht Jan Huijbrecht Bode, Loenhout (B)
- Katherine Edge, , England († 1611)
Died on Tuesday January 6, 1609
- Paschasius Vercalsteren (79), Schriek, Antwerpen, België
- John Lindsay (48), Ballinscho, Fife, Scotland
- John Lindsay of Ballinscho and Woodwary, Scotland
- Sir John Lindsay (9)
- François d' Halwyn (48)
- Lord John Lindsay of Crawford (51)
Born on January 6
- 1525 » Caspar Peucer, German physician and scholar († 1602)
- 1538 » Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria († 1612)
- 1561 » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist († 1656)
- 1587 » Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares († 1645)
- 1595 » Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French educator and courtier († 1650)
- 1617 » Christoffer Gabel, Danish politician († 1673)
- 1632 » Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, Scottish peeress († 1716)
- 1655 » Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg († 1720)
- 1673 » James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire († 1744)
- 1695 » Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe player and composer († 1750)
Died on January 6
- 1537 » Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510)
- 1537 » Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter, designed the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne (b. 1481)
- 1616 » Philip Henslowe, English impresario (b. 1550)
- 1646 » Elias Holl, German architect, designed the Augsburg Town Hall (b. 1573)
- 1689 » Seth Ward, English bishop, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1617)
- 1693 » Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1642)
- 1711 » Philips van Almonde, Dutch admiral (b. 1646)
- 1718 » Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1664)
- 1725 » Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1653)
- 1731 » Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (b. 1672)
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
- 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 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.
- July 9 » Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
- July 30 » Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies.
- August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
- August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.