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June 15, 1639Born on Thursday June 16, 1639
- Jacobus Adriaens Suijkerbuijck, Nispen-Essen
- Adrianus (Adriaenssen) Suijckerbuijck, Essen/Nispen (B)
- Johannes Noll, Reddighausen, Kreis Frankenberg († 1707)
- Gijsbertien Rijckets, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Gerdt Mengherinck, Neede
- Gerdt Mengerinck, Neede, Gelderland, Nederland
- Elisabeth (Lijsbeth) Anthoniusdr de Vlieger, ,, Oud-Beijerland, Hoekse Waard, Netherlands († 1680)
- Jacques Bufkens, Ronse
- Elizabeth Vincent
- Adrianus SUIJCKERBUIJCK, Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1670)
Died on Thursday June 16, 1639
- Gijsbrecht Mol (47), Veen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Justina Schmiedel (52), Baerenstein, Chemnitz, Saxony
- Reindert Everwijn
- Geertruijt de JAGER (1), Dordrecht
- Berthel de PELSMAECKER alias TER HEYDEN (60), Wezemaal, 3111, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, België
- Adrianus Lijsen, Grobbendonk
- Adrianus (Lijsen) LEYSEN, Grobbendonk,2280,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
- Lennaert Lennaertsz van der Plas (77), Noordwijk
- Gijsbertus Justus van CRONENBURCH, Best, 3327, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Jannetgen Claes de Munt (38), Leiden (NL)
Born on June 16
- 1583 » Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden († 1654)
- 1591 » Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist († 1655)
- 1606 » Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier and politician († 1675)
- 1613 » John Cleveland, English poet and educator († 1658)
- 1625 » Samuel Chappuzeau, French scholar († 1701)
- 1633 » Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist († 1667)
- 1644 » Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland († 1670)
- 1653 » James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon, English nobleman († 1699)
- 1713 » Meshech Weare, American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire († 1786)
- 1723 » Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist († 1790)
Died on June 16
- 1540 » Konrad von Thüngen, German nobleman (b. c. 1466)
- 1622 » Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)
- 1626 » Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)
- 1666 » Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, English poet and diplomat, English Ambassador to Spain (b. 1608)
- 1722 » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (b. 1650)
- 1743 » Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, eldest daughter of King Louis XIV of France (b. 1673)
- 1752 » Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1692)
- 1762 » Anne Russell, Countess of Jersey (formerly Duchess of Bedford) (b. c.1705)
- 1777 » Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and playwright (b. 1709)
- 1779 » Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, English lawyer and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1712)
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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.