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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Events on 1616

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.
5 Mar

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
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.

Births on March 9

Robert Giguère

Born on March 9, 1616

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Events on 1616

Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

Dirk Hartog