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May 25, 1609Born on Tuesday May 26, 1609
- Remember Munson, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England († 1648)
- Mary Munson, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England († 1648)
- Marie de Queux
Died on Tuesday May 26, 1609
- Jannetje Dirks, Naaldwijk
- Jannetje Dircks Verhooch (34), Naaldwijk
- Janneken Dierixdr van Eickenduynen (39), De Lier
- Jannitgen Dirckx (39), Naaldwijk
- Melchior Eisenkraemer (29), Pfullingen
- Jannetgen dirckx (34), Naaldwijk
- Jannetje Dirks, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Janneken Dirksdr (39), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Maritge Pauwelsdr (59), Naaldwijk
- Jannetgen Dirckx * (34), Naaldwijk
Born on May 26
- 1478 » Clement VII, pope of the Catholic Church († 1534)
- 1562 » James III, margrave of Baden-Hachberg († 1590)
- 1566 » Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan († 1603)
- 1602 » Philippe de Champaigne, Dutch-French painter († 1674)
- 1623 » William Petty, English economist and philosopher († 1687)
- 1650 » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire († 1722)
- 1667 » Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist († 1754)
- 1669 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist († 1722)
- 1700 » Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint († 1760)
- 1799 » August Kopisch, German poet and painter († 1853)
Died on May 26
- 1512 » Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1447)
- 1536 » Francesco Berni, Italian poet (b. 1498)
- 1552 » Sebastian Münster, German cartographer and cosmographer (b. 1488)
- 1648 » Vincent Voiture, French poet and author (b. 1597)
- 1653 » Robert Filmer, English theorist and author (b. 1588)
- 1679 » Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
- 1685 » Charles II, German elector palatine (b. 1651)
- 1703 » Samuel Pepys, English politician (b. 1633)
- 1742 » Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672)
- 1746 » Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (b. 1660)
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
- Jeanne
- Henrietta
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.
- 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.
- August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
- August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
- September 13 » Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.