1639
Sakoku Completed
The Tokugawa shogunate expelled all remaining Portuguese traders from Japan and sealed the country.
Russians Reach the Pacific
Ivan Moskvitin, a Cossack ataman, led twenty men through the forests of eastern Siberia and reached the shore of the Sea of Okhotsk, becoming the first…
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Representatives from three Connecticut River towns adopted what some historians consider the first written constitution in the Americas…
Horrocks Observes Transit of Venus
The twenty-year-old Lancashire curate Jeremiah Horrocks, correcting Kepler's tables in his spare time, predicted and then actually observed Venus crossing…
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1639?
Saeculum lists 4 events from 1639. The most significant is Sakoku Completed: The Tokugawa shogunate expelled all remaining Portuguese traders from Japan and sealed the country.
What era was 1639 part of?
1639 falls within the Renaissance (1501-1650). Reformation, conquest, and the world drawn whole.
Which regions saw notable events in 1639?
The events from 1639 span East Asia, Central Asia, North America and Europe.