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Born on Tuesday February 10, 1609
- Gerardine Geysens, Gullegem, Belgie
- Petrus Vanderzypen, Kampenhout († 1676)
- Zeger VAN NIEUWENHOVE, Merchtem, Belgique († 1637)
- Joannes DE WULF, Merelbeke, Province of East Flanders, Belgium
- Bartolome de Mestre (born deMestre II), II, Minorca, Spain († 1663)
- Sébastien Dodier, Igé (St-Martin) France
- Cornelis Willem Andries van den Langenbergh, Groot Zundert
- Gantiane ROUBELIN, Luynes, 37230, France
- Joannes De Wolf, parochie Sint-Pietersbanden, Merelbeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1684)
- Jan De Wulf, Merelbeke († 1684)
Died on Tuesday February 10, 1609
- Govert Jans van Rijswijck (49)
- Jacoba Petrusdr Smeyers (61), Rijsbergen, Hertogdom Brabant, Spaanse Nederlanden
- Jacobmijn Petrus Smeijers (61)
- Govert van Ryswijck (49)
- Govert Jansz van Rijswijk (39)
- Govert van Rijswijck (54)
- Govert Janszn? van Rijswijk (64), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Walter Davis Merritt (74), Painswick, Gloucestershire, England
- Jan Cornelisz Sas (55)
- Isabella WALLER (90), Hawkshead Church, Lancashire, England
Born on February 10
- 1486 » George of the Palatinate, German bishop († 1529)
- 1499 » Thomas Platter, Swiss author and scholar († 1582)
- 1514 » Domenico Bollani, Bishop of Milan († 1579)
- 1606 » Christine of France, Duchess of Savoy († 1663)
- 1609 » John Suckling, English poet and playwright († 1642)
- 1627 » Cornelis de Bie, Flemish poet and jurist († 1715)
- 1685 » Aaron Hill, English poet and playwright († 1750)
- 1696 » Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer († 1765)
- 1744 » William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician († 1819)
- 1766 » Benjamin Smith Barton, American botanist and physician († 1815)
Died on February 10
- 1471 » Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg (b. 1413)
- 1524 » Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (b. 1468)
- 1526 » John V, Count of Oldenburg, German noble (b. 1460)
- 1567 » Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1545)
- 1576 » Wilhelm Xylander, German scholar, translator, and academic (b. 1532)
- 1686 » William Dugdale, English genealogist and historian (b. 1605)
- 1755 » Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (b. 1689)
- 1782 » Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian and author (b. 1702)
- 1829 » Pope Leo XII (b. 1760)
- 1837 » Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and author (b. 1799)
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 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.
- April 9 » Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
- 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 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
- September 11 » Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.