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Born on Wednesday October 12, 1639
- Willem Daniel Willem van Heijst, Tilburg
- Marguerite Gareman, Québec, Québec († 1699)
- Jan Antonij Lenaert Francken, Nispen-Essen
- Anna Beernink, Wesel († 1640)
- Trijntje Sijmonsdr Daelder [Daalder], Oostzaan, Netherlands († 1693)
- Samuel Butler, Wethersfield, Hartford Cnty, Connecticut, Colonial America († 1692)
- Trijntje Sijmons Daelder (Daalder), Oostzaan († 1693)
- Willem Daniel Willem van Heijst, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Jan FRANCKEN, Essen
- Anthonius Lombarts, Haaren
Died on Wednesday October 12, 1639
- John Cottrell Smith II (60), Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Isabella Drake Smith (54), Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Anna Nuyts, Tielen
- Livina Rougiers, Waarschoot (B)
- Françoise GUIBERT (56), Couffé,44521,Loire-Atlantique,Pays de la Loire,FRANCE
- Jeanne Delaunay (74), Saint-Germain-en-Coglès (35)
- Jeanne DELAUNAY
- Anne Delaunay (59), Coglès, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
- Mary Levett (58), Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- Mary Elinor Levett (58), Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
Born on October 12
- 1533 » Asakura Yoshikage, Japanese ruler († 1573)
- 1537 » Edward VI, king of England († 1553)
- 1555 » Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, English diplomat († 1601)
- 1558 » Maximilian III, archduke of Austria († 1618)
- 1576 » Thomas Dudley, English-American soldier and politician, 3rd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony († 1653)
- 1602 » William Chillingworth, English scholar and theologian († 1644)
- 1614 » Henry More, English philosopher († 1687)
- 1687 » Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer († 1750)
- 1710 » Jonathan Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut († 1785)
- 1725 » Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist († 1810)
Died on October 12
- 1576 » Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1527)
- 1590 » Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter and educator (b. 1543)
- 1600 » Luis de Molina, Spanish priest and philosopher (b. 1535)
- 1601 » Nicholas Brend, English landowner (b. 1560)
- 1632 » Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese commander (b. 1549)
- 1646 » François de Bassompierre, French general and courtier (b. 1579)
- 1654 » Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (b. 1622)
- 1678 » Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge (b. 1621)
- 1679 » William Gurnall, English minister, theologian, and author (b. 1617)
- 1685 » Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian lawyer and jurist (b. 1628)
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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.