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July 2, 1609Born on Friday July 3, 1609
- Nicholas Hyland, Waldron, Sussex, England († 1642)
- Taco van Glins, Deventer († 1673)
- Maria Willekens - Wilms, Balen
- NICOLE LE PENRU, Elven,56250,Morbihan,Bretagne,FRANCE († 1673)
Died on Friday July 3, 1609
- Johanna von Sachsen-Weimar (3)
- Margaret Robertson of Struan, Countess of Erroll DD (101), Scotland
- Pietro PASSALACQUA (61), Carini,90044,Palerme,Sicile,ITALIE
- Johanna van WETTIN-VAN SAKSEN-WEIMAR (3), Weimar, Thuringen
- Roeloff van Heeckeren, Zutphen
- Frederik Adolf van Solms-Lich (1), Praag
- Johanne Wettin, Ernestiner (3)
- John Murray (57), Creich Castle Sutherland, Midlothia, Scotland
- Jacob Jacob Sijmons van Hedel
- Johanna von Sachsen-Weimar (3), Weimar, Thüringen, Deutschland
Born on July 3
- 1442 » Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan († 1500)
- 1518 » Li Shizhen, Chinese physician and mineralogist († 1593)
- 1530 » Claude Fauchet, French historian and author († 1601)
- 1534 » Myeongjong of Joseon, Ruler of Korea († 1567)
- 1550 » Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer († 1591)
- 1569 » Thomas Richardson, English politician and judge († 1635)
- 1683 » Edward Young, English poet, dramatist and literary critic (Night-Thoughts) († 1765)
- 1685 » Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician († 1768)
- 1728 » Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect, designed Culzean Castle († 1792)
- 1738 » John Singleton Copley, American painter († 1815)
Died on July 3
- 1503 » Pierre d'Aubusson, Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes (b. 1423)
- 1570 » Aonio Paleario, Italian academic and reformer (b. 1500)
- 1642 » Marie de' Medici, French queen consort and regent (b. 1573)
- 1672 » Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (b. 1635)
- 1749 » William Jones, Welsh-English mathematician and academic (b. 1675)
- 1790 » Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1736)
- 1795 » Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general, astronomer, and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Louisiana (b. 1716)
- 1795 » Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French scholar and author (b. 1714)
- 1809 » Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (b. 1746)
- 1863 » George Hull Ward, American general (b. 1826)
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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 9 » Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
- April 9 » Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
- May 23 » Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
- 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 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
- September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.