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Born on Sunday February 15, 1609
- Judith Claes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1655)
- Cornelia Jan Cornelis Heijns van Ostaijen, Groot Zundert
- Jan Antonij Jan van Lanschot, Zundert († 1616)
- Aylce Field
- Michael Hemelaers, Haasdonk († 1676)
- Michael Hemelaers, Haasdonk († 1676)
- Cornelia Jan Cornelis Heyns, Zundert, 4443, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Janneken Meesen van ALPHEN, Zoetermeer
- Joannes Poppe, Waasmunster, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1691)
- Barbara AERTS, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver, 2861, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
Died on Sunday February 15, 1609
- Anna Maria Kreck (16), ,Allemagne
- Nicolaes de Cnock
Born on February 15
- 1506 » Juliana of Stolberg, German countess († 1580)
- 1519 » Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, first Spanish Governor of Florida († 1574)
- 1557 » Alfonso Fontanelli, Italian composer († 1622)
- 1564 » Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1642)
- 1571 » Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (probable; d. 1621)
- 1612 » Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal († 1676)
- 1627 » Charles Morton, Cornish nonconformist minister († 1698)
- 1638 » Zeb-un-Nissa, Mughal princess and poet († 1702)
- 1705 » Charles-André van Loo, French painter († 1765)
- 1710 » Louis XV of France († 1774)
Died on February 15
- 1382 » William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (b. c. 1339)
- 1417 » Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1385)
- 1508 » Giovanni II Bentivoglio, tyrant of Bologna (b. 1443)
- 1600 » José de Acosta, Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist (b. 1540)
- 1621 » Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1571)
- 1637 » Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
- 1738 » Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
- 1781 » Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1729)
- 1818 » Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (b. 1746)
- 1835 » Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
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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 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.
- 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.