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May 21, 1609Born on Friday May 22, 1609
- Johan Kasimir Vasa, Kraków, Pologne († 1672)
- Johann 2 Kasimir Van Polen Wasa († 1672)
- Joanna DECROOS, Lo 8647 Flandre Occidentale Belgique
- Johann van Polen Wasa († 1672)
- Petrus Joanneszn, Hilvarenbeek
- Johann Kasimir van Poland Wasa († 1672)
- Johann Kasimir van Polen Wasa († 1672)
Died on Friday May 22, 1609
- Agnes Hamilton
- Volmer van Wonsfleth Heer van Kriseby (69), Siseby, Sleeswijk-Holstein
- Tijea Meeckes (24), Beerta
- Tyacke Meeckes (38)
- Janet Hamilton
- Pieter Huijgenszoon Blaeck
- Volmer Hennekesen Wonsfleth
- Pieter Huijgensz BLAECK
- Henry Gascoigne (Gascoyne) (10GGF) (1575-1609) (34), Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
- Arien ELSEVIER Lzn (24), Leiden, NL-ZH
Born on May 22
- 1539 » Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford († 1621)
- 1622 » Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and governor († 1698)
- 1644 » Gabriël Grupello, Flemish Baroque sculptor († 1730)
- 1650 » Richard Brakenburgh, Dutch Golden Age painter († 1702)
- 1694 » Daniel Gran, Austrian painter († 1757)
- 1715 » François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and diplomat († 1794)
- 1733 » Hubert Robert, French painter († 1808)
- 1752 » Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician († 1797)
- 1762 » Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician († 1834)
- 1770 » Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom († 1840)
Died on May 22
- 1490 » Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, English administrator, nobleman and magnate (b. 1416)
- 1538 » John Forest, English friar and martyr (b. 1471)
- 1540 » Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician (b. 1483)
- 1545 » Sher Shah Suri, Indian ruler (b. 1486)
- 1553 » Giovanni Bernardi, Italian sculptor and engraver (b. 1495)
- 1602 » Renata of Lorraine (b. 1544)
- 1609 » Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff, Dutch captain (b. 1573)
- 1666 » Gaspar Schott, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
- 1667 » Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)
- 1745 » François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)
Names that were popular for boys in 1609
- Jan
- John
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Thomas
- William
- Petrus
- Willem
- Johannes
- Johan
- Richard
- Johann
- Gerrit
- 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 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 » 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.
- September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.