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April 15, 1639Born on Saturday April 16, 1639
- Leuntje Cornelisse Tevel, Aagtekerke
- Ruven (Janz) van Wijk, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1656)
- Jan Cornelis Hendrik van Spaendonck, Nispen-Essen († 1671)
- Alice Maddock Nichols, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom († 1685)
- Hannah Rugg, Barbados († 1697)
- Jean RAGOT, Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France († 1692)
- Gulles GUYOT, Bréhand, 22510, France († 1695)
- MERCY MARY BOLLING, Charles, York, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1688)
- Egidius TRUYMAN, Stekene († 1655)
- Denis Gerard HENROZ, Vinalmont,4520,Luik,Wallonië,BELGIË
Died on Saturday April 16, 1639
- Justina Schubert (1)
- Tiauchien Harckes Iwema (48), Doezum
- Jan Peters Vollewens (79)
- Maritje Jorisdr Op de Poldervaert (69), Abtsrecht
- Tjaeuckje Iwema (40)
- Tzauck Ywema (49), Doezum
- Tjaecktje Harckes (Tiawcktien) Iwema (48), Doezum (Grootegast), Groningen, Nederland
- Tjauckien Harkes Iwema (48), Doezum 4
- Edward Howe (65), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
- Tjaecktje Harckesdr Iwema (48), Doezum, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
Born on April 16
- 1569 » John Davies, English poet and lawyer († 1626)
- 1635 » Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter († 1681)
- 1646 » Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon († 1708)
- 1660 » Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic († 1753)
- 1661 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury († 1715)
- 1682 » John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant († 1744)
- 1697 » Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer († 1778)
- 1728 » Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist († 1799)
- 1730 » Henry Clinton, English general and politician († 1795)
- 1755 » Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter († 1842)
Died on April 16
- 1496 » Charles II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1489)
- 1587 » Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (b. 1497)
- 1640 » Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (b. 1579)
- 1645 » Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (b. 1569)
- 1687 » George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)
- 1689 » Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (b. 1640)
- 1742 » Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
- 1756 » Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
- 1783 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
- 1788 » Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
Names that were popular for boys in 1639
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Joannes
- Jacob
- John
- Petrus
- Johannes
- Jean
- Thomas
- Willem
- Pierre
- Hendrik
- William
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
Names that were popular for girls in 1639
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Mary
- Elizabeth
- Joanna
- Anne
- Cornelia
- Neeltje
- Sarah
- Barbara
- Catherine
- Margaretha
- Trijntje
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.