1639

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s

Years: 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 - 1639 - 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644

• January 14 - Connecticut's first constitution, the "Fundamental Orders[?]," is adopted
• March 13 - Harvard University is named for a clergyman named John Harvard.
• Charles I starts the first of the Bishops Wars[?] against Scotland.
• The Casiquiare canal, a river forming a natural canal between the Amazon River and Orinoco River basins, is first encountered by Europeans.
• The Barbados House of Assembly meets for the first time.

Births

• Yair Bacharach - German rabbi
• December 22 - Jean Racine

Deaths