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April 1609Born on Wednesday April 1, 1609
- Ellen Crispin, East Riding, Yorkshire, England († 1610)
- Philippe Baudry
- Dymphna Deckers, Olen († 1643)
- Joanna Hessels, Hilvarenbeek
- Lucretia Quingetti, Köln, D
- Johan Sigismund Vrijheer van Wylich († 1677)
- John Hardy, Chamminster, Dorset, England
- Joanna Verbraecken, Sint-Gillis-Waas
- Dymphna Deckers, Olen († 1643)
Died on Wednesday April 1, 1609
- Hans Herbert (59), Böllstein, Odenwaldkreis, Hessen, Germany
- Heyndrick Pietersz VERNAET (51)
- Collin BUXY (91), Cuvry, Hauterive, 57162, Moselle, Lorraine, France
- Elisabeth Dircks (39), scheveningen
- Katelijne Jasper Woltersdr (76)
- Heijndrick Pieterse Vernaet (51), Veere
- Izabell Stapylton (0)
- John Davis (27), Pennsylvania, USA immigrant
- Marguerite 'Marie' Anne Le Deliot Le Mahieu (Mahe Vaudremer) (69), Leiden, Leiden Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Katelijne (74)
Born on April 1
- 1543 » François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières († 1626)
- 1578 » William Harvey, English physician and academic († 1657)
- 1610 » Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier and critic († 1703)
- 1629 » Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, French organist and composer († 1691)
- 1640 » Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and academic († 1697)
- 1647 » John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier († 1680)
- 1697 » Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator († 1763)
- 1721 » Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch-English organist, violinist, and composer († 1799)
- 1741 » George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor († 1825)
- 1753 » Joseph de Maistre, French philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat († 1821)
Died on April 1
- 1431 » Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general (b. 1360)
- 1441 » Blanche I, queen of Navarre and Sicily (b. 1387)
- 1455 » Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (b. 1389)
- 1528 » Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer (b. 1470)
- 1548 » Sigismund I, king of Poland (b. 1467)
- 1580 » Alonso Mudarra, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1510)
- 1601 » Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville, French princess (b. 1549)
- 1621 » Cristofano Allori, Italian painter and educator (b. 1577)
- 1682 » Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian bishop (b. 1625)
- 1787 » Floyer Sydenham, English scholar and academic (b. 1710)
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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.
- 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.