1609

Centuries - Year in Review 17th Century - Year in Review 18th Century

16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades:1590s? - 1600s - 1610s, 1620s, 1630s, 1640s, 1650s?,1660s, 1670s?, 1680s, 1690s

1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614

1609 - decade 1600s - 17th century

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Events:

• July 6: Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
• August 28: [Henry Hudson]? is the first European to see [Delaware Bay]?.
• [Samuel de Champlain]? claims the Lake Champlain area of Vermont for France.
• Galileo Galilei is the first to perform observational astronomy with a telescope.
• The first published rounds in English are published by [Thomas Ravenscroft]?.
• Johannes Kepler publishes his first two laws of planetary motion.
• Claudio Monteverdi publishes his first opera, Orfeo.
• The [Rheims bible]? is published in England.
• Bermuda is first settled, by English shipwreck victims en route to Virginia.

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