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Born on Saturday February 28, 1609
- Dimpna Ruts, Geel
- Gertrudis de Glaesmaker, Hilvarenbeek
- Catherine Thomas, Wendron, Cornwall, England
- Anna Heyvaert, Opwijk, België († 1638)
- Evert Gijsbertsen, Putten
- Jan (Johannes) Henks de Bakker (Backer(s)), Oudkarspel
- Anna De Decker, Opwijk, België († 1638)
- Hans Christoph Kober, Schwaigern, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany († 1663)
Died on Saturday February 28, 1609
- Christoph von Döhnhoff (61), Stockholm, Sweden
- Ambrosius Dircx van Duijnhoven (74)
- Christoph von Dönhoff (61), Stockholm
- Elizabeth Fisher (32), London, London, England
- Gabriel Cunninghame
- Ambrosius Dircx van Duijnhoven (74)
- Christoph Graaf van Dönhoff (61), Stockholm
- Elizabeth Chittenden (58), Hawkhurst, Kent, England, UK
- René III de Tournemine
- Janet Forrester (99), Burgh, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Born on February 28
- 1518 » Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Duke of Brittany († 1536)
- 1533 » Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author († 1592)
- 1535 » Cornelius Gemma, Dutch astronomer and astrologer († 1578)
- 1552 » Jost Bürgi, Swiss mathematician and clockmaker († 1632)
- 1612 » John Pearson, English bishop, theologian, and scholar († 1686)
- 1627 » Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex († 1703)
- 1675 » Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer († 1726)
- 1683 » René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic († 1757)
- 1704 » Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic († 1760)
- 1712 » Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general († 1759)
Died on February 28
- 1453 » Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)
- 1510 » Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer (b. 1450)
- 1551 » Martin Bucer, German Protestant reformer (b. 1491)
- 1572 » Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian and author (b. 1505)
- 1621 » Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)
- 1648 » Christian IV of Denmark (b. 1577)
- 1786 » John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)
- 1788 » Thomas Cushing, American lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1725)
- 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
- 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
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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 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.
- 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.
- September 13 » Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.