Historical Events
- Aug 22 Madras (now Chennai), India, founded by the British East India Company on sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers
- Nov 24 1st observation of transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree - helped establish size of the Solar System
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Jean RacineFamous People in 1639
Rembrandt van RijnWorld Leaders in 1639
Charles I
Famous People Who Died in 1639
- Jan 20 Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies
- Jan 23 Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake
- Jan 24 George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated
- Mar 22 Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies
- May 21 Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher and poet, dies at 70
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