Year by year · 17th century
1639
1639 in world history: 10 events, 5 births, 3 deaths and 1 work. 1,102 recorded states existed that year.
Events
Connecticut adopts the Fundamental Orders
Settlers of Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield agreed the Fundamental Orders, setting up an elected government. The document is often called the first written constitution in the Western tradition.
New College in Massachusetts is named after John Harvard
The college at Cambridge took the name of John Harvard, a young minister who left it his library and half his estate. Founded in 1636, Harvard is the oldest university in the United States.
Battle
Battle of the Downs
The Battle of the Downs was a naval battle fought on 21 October 1639 off the coast of Kent, during the Eighty Years' War.
Treaty · Peace
Treaty of Zuhab
The Treaty of Zuhab was the peace agreement of 1639 between the Safavid Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
Treaty · Peace
Treaty of Asurar Ali
The Treaty of Asurar Ali was a peace agreement concluded in 1639 between the Ahom kingdom of Assam and the Mughal Empire after more than twenty years of war over Kamrup.
In the profiles
Safavid EmpireThe Treaty of Zuhab fixes a Safavid-Ottoman frontier close to today's Iran-Iraq border
Ahom kingdomTreaty of Asurar Ali fixes a frontier with the Mughal Empire
Wars and longer events
Born in 1639 5
Died in 1639 3
Works 1
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