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July 8, 1609Born on Thursday July 9, 1609
- Amelberga Baert, Sint-Gillis-Waas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1680)
- Christiaan Kersten Jacob Broeren, Rijsbergen, Hertogdom Brabant, Spaanse Nederlanden
- Maartje Cornelisdr Vermaat, poortugaal (zuid holland)
- Jelis Taijspil, Amsterdam
- Benjamin Gollop, Netherbury, Dorset, England
- Marie d'Hardevust, Sint-Winoksbergen, Noorderdepartement, Noord-Nauw van Calais, Frankrijk († 1631)
- Anna Polspoel, Kampenhout († 1650)
- Susanne Clarice, Leiden (Netherlands)
- maartje cornelis vermaat, poortugaal (zuid holland)
- Christiaan Kersten Jacob Broeren, Rijsbergen
Died on Thursday July 9, 1609
- Maaijke Joosten (39)
- Pierinne Bossaert, Leiden (NL)
Born on July 9
- 1455 » Frederick IV of Baden, Dutch bishop († 1517)
- 1511 » Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg († 1571)
- 1526 » Elizabeth of Austria, Polish noble († 1545)
- 1577 » Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English-American soldier and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia († 1618)
- 1578 » Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1637)
- 1654 » Emperor Reigen of Japan († 1732)
- 1686 » Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician († 1749)
- 1689 » Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist and playwright († 1773)
- 1721 » Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet and author († 1781)
- 1753 » William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland († 1825)
Died on July 9
- 1441 » Jan van Eyck, Dutch painter (b.1359)
- 1546 » Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell, Scottish statesman (b. c. 1493)
- 1553 » Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)
- 1654 » Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (b. 1633)
- 1706 » Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Canadian captain and explorer (b. 1661)
- 1737 » Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)
- 1742 » John Oldmixon, English historian, poet, and playwright (b. 1673)
- 1746 » Philip V of Spain (b. 1683)
- 1747 » Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (b. 1670)
- 1766 » Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b. 1720)
Names that were popular for boys in 1609
- Jan
- John
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Thomas
- William
- Petrus
- Willem
- Johannes
- Johan
- Richard
- Gerrit
- Johann
- 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.
- 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.
- September 11 » Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
- September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.