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Birthday July 3, 1609

• Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1609: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 5 » Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
  • May 20 » Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
  • May 23 » Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
  • July 9 » Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
  • July 25 » The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.
  • September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1530 » Claude Fauchet, French historian and author († 1601)
• 1534 » Myeongjong of Joseon, Ruler of Korea († 1567)
• 1550 » Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer († 1591)
• 1569 » Thomas Richardson, English politician and judge († 1635)
• 1683 » Edward Young, English poet, dramatist and literary critic (Night-Thoughts) († 1765)
• 1685 » Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician († 1768)