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May 23, 1609Born on Sunday May 24, 1609
- Lambertyen Kickert, Enkhuizen († 1636)
- Maria BERGMANS, Mol (Antwerpen), België
- Jacqueline Delebar, Dottignies/Dottenijs, 7711, Hainaut, Belgique
- Lambert(ijen) Albertsz Kikkert († 1636)
- Lambert Kikkert, Enkhuizen († 1636)
- Paulina Cloet, Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
- DANIEL BOGAERDE, MELSELE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
- Lambert Alberts Kikkert, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1636)
- Joanna Luycx, Pepingen
- Lambert Albert Kikkert, Enkhuizen
Died on Sunday May 24, 1609
- Fijtgen Adriaensdr van der Meer (36), ,, Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Thierrie Quérrye Laizier (62), Bellay, Val-d'Oise, Ile-de-France, France
- Feytge Adriaensdr van de Meer (36), Zevenhuizen Zuid-Holland Nederland
- Jean IV de NETTANCOURT-VAUBÉCOURT
- Fijdge Adriaenszdr van der Meer (36), Zevenhuizen
- Feytje (Adriaens) ? (36)
- Fijdge Adriaens van der Meer (36), Zevenhuizen, 2761, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Fijtgen Adriaensdr van de Meer (36), Sevenhuyssen
- Jean d'Haussonville
- Fijtge Adriaensdr (39)
Born on May 24
- 1494 » Pontormo, Italian painter († 1557)
- 1522 » John Jewel, English bishop († 1571)
- 1544 » William Gilbert, English physician, physicist, and astronomer († 1603)
- 1576 » Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley, English courtier († 1635)
- 1616 » John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Scottish politician, Secretary of State, Scotland († 1682)
- 1628 » Marek Sobieski, Polish noble († 1652)
- 1669 » Emerentia von Düben, Swedish royal favorite († 1743)
- 1671 » Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1737)
- 1686 » Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale († 1736)
- 1689 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1769)
Died on May 24
- 1425 » Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)
- 1456 » Ambroise de Loré, French commander (b. 1396)
- 1543 » Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1473)
- 1612 » Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1563)
- 1627 » Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet and cleric (b. 1561)
- 1632 » Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553)
- 1665 » Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Spanish Franciscan abbess and mystic (b. 1602)
- 1734 » Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
- 1792 » George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1718)
- 1806 » John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (b. 1723)
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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 » Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
- July 9 » Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
- August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
- August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.