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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.
  • April 9 » Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
  • May 23 » Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
  • August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
  • August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
  • September 11 » Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.