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May 5, 1609Born on Wednesday May 6, 1609
- Bastiaentgen Cornelisdr, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Joannes Wouterszn HAGENAARS, Nispen-Essen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1684)
- Corneille HUSE, Sint-Agatha-Rode
- Balduinus Meerschaut, Dikkelvenne
- Joannes Wouters Hagenaers de Jonge, Essen, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1684)
- Jan Wouter Cornelis Hagenaers, Nispen-Essen
- Anna Weißensee, Marktkirche Sankt Bonifacii, Bad Langensalza, Thüringen, Deutschland († 1671)
- Joannes Wachelijnen, Hilvarenbeek
- Johannes Wouter Hagenaers, nispen en essen, Antwerpen, België
- Adriaen de Cupere, Axel
Died on Wednesday May 6, 1609
- Adrienne Borluut (49)
- Anthonis Jan Swrijters ('s-Wrijters) (49), Etten, Nederland
- Machteld Theeus (Mattheusz) (Velthoen)
- Lawrence II Ireland (69), Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
- Anthonis Jan Jan 's-Wrijters (59), Averbode
- Machteld TEUSDR
- Anthonis Janszn Swrijters (49), Etten
- Machtelt Romeijn
- Anthonis Jan Svrijters (64), Etten
- Cornelis Jacob ADRIAENSZ
Born on May 6
- 1493 » Girolamo Seripando, Italian theologian and cardinal († 1563)
- 1501 » Marcellus II, pope of the Catholic Church († 1555)
- 1574 » Innocent X, pope of the Catholic Church († 1655)
- 1580 » Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, French noble († 1637)
- 1635 » Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist († 1682)
- 1668 » Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright († 1747)
- 1680 » Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Italian-French cellist and composer († 1755)
- 1713 » Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic († 1780)
- 1714 » Anton Raaff, German tenor († 1797)
- 1742 » Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist († 1809)
Died on May 6
- 1471 » Edmund Beaufort, English commander (b. 1438)
- 1475 » Dieric Bouts, Flemish painter (b. 1415)
- 1483 » Queen Jeonghui, Korean regent (b. 1418)
- 1502 » James Tyrrell, English knight (b. 1450)
- 1527 » Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne (b.1490)
- 1540 » Juan Luís Vives, Spanish scholar (b. 1492)
- 1596 » Giaches de Wert, Flemish-Italian composer (b. 1535)
- 1631 » Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (b. 1570)
- 1638 » Cornelius Jansen, Dutch-French bishop and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1708 » François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
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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 9 » Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
- May 20 » Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
- July 9 » Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
- 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.