About the day » Friday June 12, 1609Calender converter

June 13, 1609 Next pagePrevious page June 11, 1609


Born on Friday June 12, 1609
Died on Friday June 12, 1609



Born on June 12

Died on June 12

Names that were popular for boys in 1609
Names that were popular for girls in 1609

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 9 » Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
  • May 20 » Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
  • 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 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
  • August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
  • September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.