Births on March 9

Robert Giguère

Born on March 9, 1616

Robert Giguère, early pioneer in New France (d. 1709)

Robert Giguère dit Despins (March 9, 1616 – August 1709) was an early pioneer in New France, one of the founders of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec and the progenitor of virtually all the Giguères in North America.

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12 Jan

Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco
The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta, by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
25 Oct

Dirk Hartog
Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.