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Day of death March 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.
  • April 9 » Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
  • May 23 » Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
  • July 30 » Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies.
  • September 11 » Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
  • September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1592 » Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (b. 1499)
• 1605 » Clement VIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1536)
• 1611 » William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, Scottish nobleman (b. 1552)
• 1616 » Matthias de l'Obel, Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1538)