1639 Calendar
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1639 Historical Event(s)
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 On 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)