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March 11, 1609Born on Thursday March 12, 1609
- Martha Ashton
- Catherine Colart, Floreffe,5150,Namur,BE
- Sarah Boutelle, Gosfield, Essex, England († 1689)
- Elizabeth Fowle, Headcorn, Kent, England († 1633)
- Mary Maplett, St Lawrence, London, England († 1677)
- Hélène SALMON, Sévignac, 22250, France († 1673)
- Richard Bernard, Turvey, Bedfordshire, Royaume-Uni († 1652)
- Jacob Truyts, Geel
- Jacobus Truyts, Geel, Belgie
- Maria Jacob Cornelis van Eeckel, Wuustwezel (B)
Died on Thursday March 12, 1609
- Giovanni Battista Loffredo
- Mariken Andries Stapels
- Emerich Herr zu Eltz (69)
- Jean SENTE
- Louise Narie van La Barre Gravin van Bailleul Vrouwe van Moeskroen (65), Mouxcron, Flandre Occidentale, Belgium
- Emmerich von Eltz
- Emich van en tot Eltz (84)
- William Penn (61)
- Johan-Baptist Loffredo Markgraaf van Monteforte Heer v
- Louise de la Barre, Moeskroen (Oostvlaanderen) B
Born on March 12
- 1515 » Caspar Othmayr, German Lutheran pastor and composer († 1553)
- 1607 » Paul Gerhardt, German poet and composer († 1676)
- 1613 » André Le Nôtre, French gardener and architect († 1700)
- 1626 » John Aubrey, English historian and philosopher († 1697)
- 1637 » Anne Hyde, Duchess of York and Albany († 1671)
- 1672 » Richard Steele, Irish-Welsh journalist and politician († 1729)
- 1685 » George Berkeley, Irish bishop and philosopher († 1753)
- 1710 » Thomas Arne, English composer († 1778)
- 1735 » François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, French politician and diplomat († 1821)
- 1753 » Jean Denis, French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian († 1827)
Died on March 12
- 1316 » Stefan Dragutin (b. c. 1244)
- 1539 » Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat and politician (b.1477)
- 1648 » Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)
- 1699 » Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
- 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
- 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
- 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
- 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
- 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
- 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
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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 4 » Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.
- 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 » Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
- 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 13 » Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.