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Born on Sunday January 2, 1639
- Engel Cornelisz Vink († 1644)
- James Odell, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America († 1641)
- Huig Corneliszn Vinck, Noordwijk
- Huig Cornelisdr Vink, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Engel Cornelisz. Vink, Noordwijk († 1644)
- Johan van Hoorne, Utrecht († 1702)
- Joannes Janssen, Stabroek
- Engel Cornelis Engelsz, Noordwijk († 1643)
- Johan van Heurn, Utrecht († 1702)
- Arnold HEUSSE
Died on Sunday January 2, 1639
- Katharina Antonia Walter (47), Germany Neuhausen a d F, ES, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Elisabeth de BEAUCHAMPS
- Anna Claesdr Henricks (66), Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Claes Henricks (69), Rijsbergen
- Anna Claedr Hendricks (66), Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Claesdr HENRICKS (69), Rijsbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Claes Henricks (66), Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Paulus Laurisz Wisse (3)
- Anna Claesdr. Henricks (66), Rijsbergen
- Anna Cornelis Peter Roovers (64), Rijsbergen
Born on January 2
- 1462 » Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter († 1522)
- 1509 » Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman († 1572)
- 1642 » Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan († 1693)
- 1647 » Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader († 1676)
- 1699 » Osman III, Ottoman sultan († 1757)
- 1713 » Marie Dumesnil, French actress († 1803)
- 1727 » James Wolfe, English general († 1759)
- 1732 » František Brixi, Czech organist and composer († 1771)
- 1777 » Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator († 1857)
- 1803 » Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic († 1869)
Died on January 2
- 1470 » Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- 1512 » Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (b. 1460)
- 1514 » William Smyth, English bishop and academic (b. 1460)
- 1543 » Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (b. 1497)
- 1557 » Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (b. 1494)
- 1613 » Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1539)
- 1614 » Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (b. 1566)
- 1726 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
- 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
- 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1639
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 14 » The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
- March 13 » Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard.
- April 14 » Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Years' War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.
- August 22 » Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.