1639 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1639?
- January 14, 1639 – The “Fundamental Orders”, the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
- March 13, 1639 – Harvard College is named for clergyman John Harvard.
- April 14, 1639 – Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Year’s War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.
- August 22, 1639 – Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
Who Were Born In The Year 1639?
- February 6, 1639 – Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)
- March 20, 1639 – Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1709)
- September 17, 1639 – Hans Herr, Mennonite bishop (d. 1725)
- September 29, 1639 – William Russell, Lord Russell, English politician (d. 1683)
- October 14, 1639 – Simon van der Stel the last Commander and first Governor of the Cape Colony, the Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa (d. 1712)
- December 22, 1639 – Jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)
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