What happened in 1609?

Invasion of Ryukyu

Wars & Conflicts · Ryukyu Islands

Invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom by the Satsuma Domain, resulting in the former’s being reduced to a vassal state of the latter

Siege of Smolensk

Wars & Conflicts · Smolensk

1609-1611 siege

Battle of DimDim

Wars & Conflicts · Dimdim Castle

Battle between the Safavid Empire and the Sunni Kurds of the Ottoman Empire (1609-1610)

Battle of Tashiskari

Wars & Conflicts · Tashiskari

1609 battle

Siege of Pärnu

Wars & Conflicts · Pärnu

1609 military conflict in Estonia during Polish-Swedish War

Battle of Salis

Wars & Conflicts · Salacgrīva

1609 battle

Battle of Daugavgriva

Wars & Conflicts · Daugavgrīva

Battle on October 6, 1609 during the Polish-Swedish War

Iroquois War

Wars & Conflicts · North Country

1609 war

American Indian Wars

Wars & Conflicts · North America

Frontier conflicts between American, Canadian and European settlers and Indigenous peoples of the Americas

Polish–Muscovite War

Wars & Conflicts · Eastern Europe

1605–1618 sequence of military conflicts and eastward invasions

Beaver Wars

Wars & Conflicts · Great Lakes region

1609–1701 wars between Hurons and Iroquois

Anglo-Powhatan Wars

Wars & Conflicts · Colony of Virginia

Series of three wars fought between English settlers of the Virginia Colony and the Powhatan alliance of Virgina Indians

De la Gardie Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Russia

1609 led by Jacob De la Gardie

Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands

Wars & Conflicts · Banda Islands

Military campaign of the Dutch East India Company from 1609 to 1621

Treaty of Antwerp

Politics & Government · Antwerp

Treaty of Dortmund

Politics & Government · Dortmund

1609 treaty that aimed to settle the succession of Julich-Cleves-Berg

Judah Loew ben Bezalel died

People · Prague

Czech rabbi

John Dee died

People · Mortlake

16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist

García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete died

People · Madrid

Royal Governor of Chile (1535-1609)

Hans Vredeman de Vries died

People · Hamburg

Dutch renaissance painter

Oswald Croll died

People · Prague

German alchemist

Joseph Duchesne died

People · Paris

French physician

Giulio Cesare Croce died

People · Bologna

Italian writer, actor/producer of cantastoria and enigma writer

Kanaka Dasa died

People · Baad

Indian philosopher, musician and poet

Frederick III of Denmark born

People · Haderslev

Born in Haderslev. King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670.

Raimondo, Prince Montecuccoli born

People · Castello di Montecuccolo

Born in Castello di Montecuccolo. Politician and military commander of the Holy Roman Empire (1609-1680).

Kâtip Çelebi born

People · Istanbul

Born in Istanbul. Ottoman bibliographer, historian and geographer.

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon born

People · London

Born in London. English politician and historian (1609–1674).

Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria born

People · Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Born in Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, Cardinal Infante, Archbishop of Toledo (1609-1641).

Gerrard Winstanley born

People · Lancashire

Born in Lancashire. English reformer and activist (1609-1676).

John II Casimir Vasa born

People · Kraków

Born in Kraków. King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1648–1668; (1609-1672).

Nicholas Francis born

People · Nancy

Born in Nancy. Catholic cardinal and Duke of Lorraine (1609–1670).

Botanischer Garten Gießen

Science & Technology

Botanical garden

Delaware River

Exploration & Discovery

Major river on the East coast of the United States of America

Delaware Bay

Exploration & Discovery

Bay on the east coast of the United States

Sultan Ahmed Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey, also known as Blue Mosque

Atia Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Bangladesh

Santa Maria delle Grazie

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Pavia, Italy

Jesuit missions among the Guaraní

Religion & Belief Systems

Catholic missionary initiative and set of missions in Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil

Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel

Religion & Belief Systems · Scherpenheuvel

Belgian religious monument

Porta Coeli

Religion & Belief Systems · San Germán barrio-pueblo

Museum and former church in San Germán, Puerto Rico

Rachol Seminary

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in India

Santi Nazario e Celso Parish Church and former school «la Rotonda»

Religion & Belief Systems · Arzo

Church building in Arzo in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Sant'Orsola

Religion & Belief Systems

Religious building in Como, Italy

Bolinao Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic church in Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines

Convento de San Antonio, Madrid

Religion & Belief Systems

17th-century Capuchin convent in Madrid, nowadays dissapeared

San Martino Provost Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Sessa

Church building in Sessa in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Santo Domigo Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Rectory

Religion & Belief Systems

Church residential building in Schongau in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

Bank of Amsterdam

Economy & Trade · Amsterdam

Early (Dutch) bank

Jesuit Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Warsaw, Poland

Basilica of St. Sebastian

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Acireale, Italy

Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Panjim, Goa

Dobrilovina Monastery

Architecture & Engineering

Serbian Orthodox monastery

Entrevaux Cathedral

Architecture & Engineering

Cathedral located in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in France

San Nicolò da Tolentino

Architecture & Engineering

Church

Tōzen-ji Temple

Architecture & Engineering

Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan

Fort San Felipe

Architecture & Engineering

Military fortress in Cavite City, in the Province of Cavite, Philippines

Church of the Assumption in Zembin

Architecture & Engineering

New Netherland founded

Empires & Countries · New Amsterdam

New Netherland was founded, with its capital at New Amsterdam.

Sultanate of Sambas founded

Empires & Countries · Sambas

Sultanate of Sambas was founded, with its capital at Sambas.