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Born on Saturday October 17, 1609
- Jacques de HEERE, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen
- Lâ©onard Cloutier
- Marie Dilly Dillies, Lille st andru († 1667)
- Barbe Musquin, Agimont,5544,Namur,BE
- Anne Brehault, Arpajon,91021,Essonne,Île-de-France, Friesland, Nederland († 1670)
- Jacob de Heere, Diksmuide, Vlaanderen
Died on Saturday October 17, 1609
- Margretha Anna (39), Hüffenhardt, Baden, Germany
- Martinus Saeys (49), Hamme (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
- Peeterke Willem Godertssen van Bavel
- Casparus EGEN (46), Dettingen an der Erms, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
- Caspar Geÿer (46), Dettingen an der Erms, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- William Peters alias William Dyckwoode (9), Fowey, Cornwall, England
Born on October 17
- 1500 » Alonso de Orozco Mena, Spanish Roman Catholic priest († 1591)
- 1538 » Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter († 1559)
- 1577 » Cristofano Allori, Italian painter († 1621)
- 1577 » Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince († 1642)
- 1582 » Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic († 1637)
- 1587 » Nathan Field, English dramatist and actor († 1620)
- 1623 » Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic († 1687)
- 1629 » Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias († 1646)
- 1688 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer († 1726)
- 1711 » Jupiter Hammon, American poet († 1806)
Died on October 17
- 1485 » John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports
- 1552 » Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (b. 1498)
- 1575 » Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)
- 1586 » Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554)
- 1587 » Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)
- 1616 » John Pitts, English priest and scholar (b. 1560)
- 1660 » Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (b. 1601)
- 1673 » Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1630)
- 1690 » Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (b. 1647)
- 1757 » René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
Names that were popular for boys in 1609
- Jan
- John
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Thomas
- William
- Petrus
- Willem
- Johannes
- Johan
- Richard
- Gerrit
- Johann
- 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.
- May 23 » Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
- 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 11 » Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
- September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.