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Born on Sunday October 18, 1609
- Jan Roelofsen Korterinck, Lochem,Gemeente Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
- Jan Roelofsen (op 't) Korterinck, Lochem
- Cornelia Du Lieu, Lissewege,, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1644)
- Simon (Valckenaer), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Henrick van der Vleuten, Oirschot (NL) († 1654)
- willem van welij, Amsterdam
- Leonard Cloutier, Mortagne, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France († 1610)
- Margaret Warren "Waryn", Ubbeston, Suffolk, England († 1669)
- Hendrik van der Vleuten, Best, Noord-Brabant
- Anna Van Den Bril, Merchtem (Vlaams-Brabant, België)
Died on Sunday October 18, 1609
- Lenert Lenerts Leenbroer
- Thomas Dalton (67)
- Barbara ZIEROLD (34), Thierfeld, bei Hartenstein, Sachsen (D)
- Hubrecht van Vleeck (52), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Marie Plezger (30), Stuttgart, Deutschland
- Maria Pletzger (30), Stuttgart, Neckar, Wurt
- Anne Ferrar (52), St Mary, Oxfordshire, England
- Jan Paschier (73), Amersfoort
Born on October 18
- 1553 » Luca Marenzio, Italian composer († 1599)
- 1569 » Giambattista Marino, Italian poet († 1625)
- 1587 » Lady Mary Wroth, English poet († 1651)
- 1596 » Edward Winslow, American Pilgrim leader († 1655)
- 1616 » Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist († 1654)
- 1630 » Henry Powle, English politician († 1692)
- 1634 » Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator († 1705)
- 1653 » Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Dutch merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1713)
- 1662 » Matthew Henry, Welsh minister and scholar († 1714)
- 1663 » Prince Eugene of Savoy († 1736)
Died on October 18
- 1541 » Margaret Tudor, queen of James IV of Scotland (born 1489)
- 1545 » John Taverner, English organist and composer (b. 1490)
- 1558 » Mary of Hungary (b. 1505)
- 1561 » Yamamoto Kansuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1501)
- 1564 » Johannes Acronius Frisius, Dutch physician and mathematician (b. 1520)
- 1570 » Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (b. 1517)
- 1604 » Igram van Achelen, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1528)
- 1646 » Isaac Jogues, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1607)
- 1667 » Fasilides, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1603)
- 1678 » Jacob Jordaens, Belgian painter illustrator (b. 1593)
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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 5 » Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.