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Born on Friday August 14, 1609
- Haesgen Leenders van der GEEST, Wassenaar († 1667)
- Haasje Leendertsdr van der Geest, Wassenaar († 1667)
- Haesgen Leendertsdr van der Geest, Den Haag († 1667)
- Haesgen Leendertsdr van der Geest, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1667)
- Haasje Leendertsdr. van der Geest, 's-Gravenhage († 1667)
- Haesgen Leenderts van der Geest, Wassenaar, South Holland, Netherlands († 1667)
- Haesgen Leenderts van der Geest, Wassenaar († 1667)
- Henricus Morren, Sint-Truiden, Lim, B
- Haasje Leendertsdr. van der Geest, Den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1667)
- Georgette DESHAYES, Amanlis, 35150, France († 1646)
Died on Friday August 14, 1609
- Jannetge Willems
- Froukje Martinus Laurman (0), Bergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Vrouck Martini LAUVERMANS (0), Burgum, Tytsjerksteradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
- Dirck Huijbertsz van der Geest (63), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Georgius Negemans (Negerman), Halle, Belgie
- Dietrich VON DER RECKE (63)
- Dirck Huijbertsz GEEST,VAN DER (59), Wassenaar,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Judith Manlich (71), Augsburg, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Dirck Huybertsz van der Geest (63), Wassenaar, zh.nld
- Francesco (Gian Francesco) GALLINA (55), Carini,90044,Palerme,Sicile,ITALIE
Born on August 14
- 1530 » Giambattista Benedetti, Italian mathematician and physicist († 1590)
- 1552 » Paolo Sarpi, Italian writer († 1623)
- 1561 » Christopher Heydon, English politician († 1623)
- 1575 » Robert Hayman, English-Canadian poet and politician († 1629)
- 1586 » William Hutchinson, founder of Rhode Island († 1642)
- 1599 » Méric Casaubon, Swiss-English scholar and author († 1671)
- 1625 » François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop († 1695)
- 1642 » Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1723)
- 1645 » Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, Mexican secular priest, scientist, and savant († 1700)
- 1653 » Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica († 1688)
Died on August 14
- 1388 » James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas (b. c. 1358)
- 1390 » John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)
- 1433 » John I of Portugal (b. 1357)
- 1464 » Pope Pius II (b. 1405)
- 1573 » Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese daimyō (b. 1548)
- 1657 » Giovanni Paolo Lascaris, 57th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1560)
- 1691 » Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, Irish soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1630)
- 1727 » William Croft, English organist and composer (b. 1678)
- 1774 » Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (b. 1716)
- 1784 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-born English painter and academic (b. 1718)
Names that were popular for boys in 1609
- Jan
- John
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Thomas
- William
- Petrus
- Willem
- Johannes
- Johan
- Richard
- Johann
- Gerrit
- Jean
Names that were popular for girls in 1609
- Anna
- Maria
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Elizabeth
- Mary
- Anne
- Barbara
- Joanna
- Marie
- Sarah
- Margaret
- Margaretha
- Lijsbeth
- Henrietta
- Jeanne
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.
- April 9 » Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
- 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 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.