Events in year of 1639
- 01-06Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
- 01-141st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford
- 01-14Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut"
- 01-24Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders
- 03-13Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard
- 05-08William Coddington founds Newport, Rhode Island
- 05-20Dorchester Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes
- 06-06Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
- 06-101st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)
- 06-18Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war
- 07-19French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan
- 09-12Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England
- 09-251st printing press in America
- 09-25Suzuki Shosan, Samurai Monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening
- 10-21Dunes (Marten Tromp defeats Spanish armada under De Oquendo)
- 10-21Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada
- 11-051st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts
- 11-241st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event)
- 12-031st annulment by court decree passes
People born in year of 1639
- 10-14Simon van der Stel: Dutch Governor of Cape colony (1679-99)
- 12-21Jean Racin: Writer
People died in year of 1639
- 01-20Mustapha I: Sultan of Turkey (1622-23)
- 01-23Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis: Peruvian poet, burned at stake
- 01-24George Jenatsch: Grisons leader, assassinated
- 03-22Thomas Carew: English Poet / diplomat (The Rapture)
- 05-21Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella: Italian philosopher / poet, dies at 70
- 06-02Floris II van Pallandt: Earl of Culemborg / politician, dies at 62
- 07-09Entonius Walaeus: Calvinist theologist, dies at 65
- 07-18Bernard: Duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden)
- 08-04Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza: Mexican / Spanish playwright, dies at 58
- 08-20Martin Opitz: German Poet / Historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41
- 09-20John Meursius [van Meurs]: Historian, dies at 60
- 10-07John I Pontanus: Physicist / Historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68
- 11-03Martinus de Porres: Peru Saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69
- 11-07William Cobbold: Composer, dies at 79
Events in year of 1640
- 03-09Pierre Corneilles "Horace, " premieres in Paris
- 04-13English Short Parliament forms (- May 5)
- 05-03English Upper house accept Act of Attainder
- 05-05English Short Parliament unites
- 05-12Uprising against Spanish King Philip IV
- 08-032,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka
- 08-29English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland
- 11-03English Long Parliament forms
- 11-11John Pym, Earl of Strafford locked in Tower of London
- 12-01Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
- 12-09Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
People born in year of 1640
- 04-22Mariana Alcoforado: Portugal -- Nun
- 06-09Leopold I: Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)
- 06-21Abraham Mignon: Still life painter
- 09-29Antoine Coyzevox: French sculptor, baptized
- 11-04Carlo Mannelli: Composer
- 11-15Nicolaus Adam Strungk: Composer
- 11-26Carl Rosier: Composer
People died in year of 1640
- 01-22Erasmus Quellinus I: Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55
- 01-25Robert Burton: Author (Anatomy of Melancholy)
- 02-04Hendrick C Vroom: Dutch seascape painter
- 02-09Murad IV: Sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27
- 03-08Guillaume van Messaus: Composer, dies at 50
- 03-17Philip Massinger: Dramatist
- 04-02Matthias C Sarbiewski [Sarbievius]: Polish Jesuit / poet, dies at 45
- 04-10Agostino Agazzari: Italian composer, dies at 61
- 04-10Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau: Daughter of Willem I, dies at 60
- 05-30Peter Paul Rubens: Flemish painter, dies at 62
- 07-12Henry Casimir I: Count of Nassau-Dietz
- 10-26Pietro Tacca: Italian Sculptor / architect, dies at 63
- 11-25Giles Farnaby: Composer
- 12-06Matthijs Elsevier: Flemish / Dutch book publisher / merchant, dies at 75
Events in year of 1641
- 01-14United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed
- 02-16English King Charles I accept Triennial Act
- 03-16General court declares RI a democracy and adopts new constitution
- 05-12Prince Willem II (14) marries Engl Princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9)
- 06-01France and Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant
- 07-27Prince Frederik Henry captures castle of Gennep
- 08-20Britain and Scotland sign Treaty of Pacification
- 08-26West India Company conquerors Sao Paulo de Loanda, Angola
- 10-15Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve claims Montreal
- 10-21Catholic uprising in Ulster: 1000s English and Scots killed
- 12-01Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery
- 12-06Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands
- 12-25Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden and France
People born in year of 1641
- 01-18Francois Michel le Tellier: French Statesman (Marquis de Louvois)
- 05-08Nicolaas Witsen: Etcher / Mayor (Amsterdam)
- 05-16Dudley North: Financier / economist
- 09-23Adrian "Aart" van Wijck: Theologist (against jansenisme)
People died in year of 1641
- 01-03Jeremiah Horrocks: English astronomical prodigy, dies at 22
- 01-11Franciscus Gomarus [Francois Gomaer]: French theologist
- 05-12Thomas Wentworth: English Viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48
- 06-27Michiel Jansz of Mierevelt: Royal painter, dies at 74
- 07-28John Amner: Composer, dies at 61
- 10-06Matthijs H Quast: Fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle
- 10-31Cornelis C Jol [Houtebeen]: Adm (South-America), dies at about 41
- 11-11Ferdinand van Austrian: Cardinal of Spain
- 11-28Robert Dowland: English luitist / Son of John Dowland, dies at about 50
- 12-09Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck: Flemish painter, dies at 42