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July 16, 1609Born on Friday July 17, 1609
- Adriaen Jan Peeter DIELEN, Weelde,2381,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË († 1667)
- Gijsbertus Meeuwen van de Weijer, Schijndel,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1680)
- Adriaan Dielen, Weelde, Antwerpen, België († 1667)
- Dielen Jan, Weelde, Antwerpen, België
- Adrianus Joannes Petrus Dielen, Weelde (Be) († 1665)
- Joannes Dielen, Weelde, België
- Gijsbertus Meeuwen van de Weijer, Schijndel († 1680)
- Jan DIELEN, Weelde, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
- Cornelius Poldermans, Sprundel († 1631)
- Joannis Dielen, Weelde (B)
Died on Friday July 17, 1609
- Anne Horseman (70), Wetheringsett, Suffolk, England
- Margarethe von Saldern (35), Limmer
- Huibert Stachouwer (38), Amsterdam
Born on July 17
- 1487 » Ismail I of Iran († 1524)
- 1499 » Maria Salviati, Italian noblewoman († 1543)
- 1531 » Antoine de Créqui Canaples, Roman Catholic cardinal († 1574)
- 1674 » Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian († 1748)
- 1695 » Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim († 1766)
- 1698 » Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher († 1759)
- 1708 » Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth († 1769)
- 1714 » Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic († 1762)
- 1744 » Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States († 1814)
- 1763 » John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman and philanthropist († 1848)
Died on July 17
- 1453 » Dmitry Shemyaka, Grand Prince of Moscow
- 1531 » Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese commander (b. 1484)
- 1571 » Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)
- 1588 » Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque and Süleymaniye Mosque (b. 1489)
- 1603 » Mózes Székely, Hungarian noble (b. 1553)
- 1645 » Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, English-Scottish politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1587)
- 1704 » Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer (b. 1657)
- 1709 » Robert Bolling, English planter and merchant (b. 1646)
- 1725 » Thomas King, English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (b. before 1660?).
- 1762 » Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
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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.
- 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.
- September 13 » Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.