Notable Historical Events - 1609
1609 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 31 |
Wisselbank of Amsterdam established |
Mar 12 |
Bermuda becomes an English colony |
Mar 25 |
Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co |
Apr 5 |
Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa. |
Apr 9 |
Spain & Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact |
May 20 |
Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe. |
May 23 |
Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place. |
Jun 17 |
Netherlands, England & France sign 12 year Covenant |
Jul 6 |
Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion |
Jul 9 |
Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion |
Jul 10 |
Catholic German monarchy forms Catholic League |
Jul 20 |
Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion |
Jul 28 |
Admiral George Somers settles in Bermuda |
Jul 29 |
Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, New York setting the stage for French-Iroquois conflicts for the next 150 years |
Aug 8 |
Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope |
Aug 25 |
Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers |
Aug 28 |
Henry Hudson, discovers & explores Delaware Bay |
Sep 1 |
Pieter Both sworn in as 1st governor general of Dutch East Indies |
Sep 4 |
Navigator Henry Hudson first European to discover island of Manhattan [or Sep 11] |
Sep 11 |
Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos. |
Oct 12 |
Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice" published in London |
Dec 8 |
Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room, the second public library of Europe. |
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