Historical Events In 1639
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Jan 06 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed in the year 1639.
Jan 06 Virginia is first colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed in the year 1639.
Jan 14 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford on this day in history.
Jan 14 Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut" on this day in history.
Jan 19 In the year 1639 noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian
Jan 20 Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies on this day in history.
Jan 23 On this day in history francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake
Jan 24 In the year 1639 connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders
Jan 24 George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated on this day in history.
Feb 07 On this day in history académie Française begins the Dictionary of the French Language
Feb 07 In the year 1639 academie Francaise begins Dictionary of French Language
Mar 13 On this day in history cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard
Mar 22 Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies in the year 1639.
May 08 William Coddington founds Newport RI in the year 1639.
May 20 On this day in history dorchester MA, forms first school funded by local taxes
May 20 On this day in history dorchester Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes
May 20 Dorchester, Massachusetts funds the first school in the US from local taxes on this day in history.
May 21 In the year 1639 giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70
Jun 01 In the year 1639 melchior Franck, German composer
Jun 02 Floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62 on this day in history.
Jun 06 On this day in history massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
Jun 10 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware) in the year 1639.
Jun 10 The first American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware) on this day in history.
Jun 18 Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war on this day in history.
Jul 09 On this day in history entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65
Jul 18 Bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies in the year 1639.
Jul 19 French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan on this day in history.
Aug 04 Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 in the year 1639.
Aug 20 On this day in history martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41
Aug 22 On this day in history madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
Sep 12 Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England on this day in history.
Sep 20 In the year 1639 john Meursius, [van Meurs], historian, dies at 60
Sep 25 In the year 1639 1st printing press in America
Sep 25 First printing press in America on this day in history.
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