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Born on Thursday October 20, 1639
- Ida Jacobsdr NN, Noordwijk († 1700)
- Ida Jacobsdr, Noordwijk aan Zee(ZH)
- Joanna Mertens, Heist op den Berg
- Joannes Roosenboom, Heerlen, Niederlande
- Christina Gerritsen, Nijmegen
- Cecilia van Oppen, Heerlen, Limburg, Niederlande
- Johannis Gijsels, Axel
- Francis Head, Rochester, Kent, England († 1678)
- Ida, Noordwijk
- Ida Jacobs, Noordwijk
Died on Thursday October 20, 1639
- Jan van Beieren van Schagen (69)
- Mathurin Rinsay (65), Treillières, 44119, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, FRANCE
- Joucke Jelles OENEMA (59), Sloten Friesland Netherlands
- Alicia Harding (42), Alveston, Gloucestershire, England
- Jan van Beieren Schagen (69)
- Claude Motier de La Fayette (79), Nades, Allier, France
- Joucke Jelles Oenema (59), Sloten, Friesland, Nederland
- Johan IV van Pontual Heer van La Ville-Revault (69), St. Lunaire, Bretagne
- Maria Van den Bloecke - Bloeckmans (50), Grimbergen
- Francisca VAN DER VEKEN (67), Merchtem, 1785, Vlaams-Brabant, België
Born on October 20
- 1612 » Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, Anglo-Irish nobleman, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, Cavalier († 1698)
- 1616 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian († 1680)
- 1620 » Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter († 1691)
- 1632 » Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral († 1723)
- 1632 » Edward Hungerford, English politician († 1711)
- 1660 » Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1723)
- 1677 » Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland († 1766)
- 1711 » Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, († 1795)
- 1718 » Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Scottish aristocrat († 1779)
- 1719 » Gottfried Achenwall, German historian, economist, and jurist († 1772)
Died on October 20
- 1438 » Jacopo della Quercia, Sienese sculptor (b. c. 1374)
- 1439 » Ambrose the Camaldulian, Italian theologian
- 1524 » Thomas Linacre, English physician and scholar (b. 1460)
- 1538 » Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, condottiero (b. 1490)
- 1570 » João de Barros, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496)
- 1602 » Walter Leveson, Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550)
- 1640 » John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1652 » Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
- 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
- 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
Names that were popular for boys in 1639
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Petrus
- John
- Jean
- Johannes
- Willem
- Thomas
- Jansz
- Pierre
- Hendrik
- Van
- Jacobus
Names that were popular for girls in 1639
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Mary
- Joanna
- Elizabeth
- Anne
- Cornelia
- Neeltje
- Van
- Margaretha
- Catherine
- Sarah
- Jeanne
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.