Historical Events Jun 6 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill Jun 10 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware) Jun 18 Treaty of Berwick: Ends the First Bishops' War between England and Scotland Events in 1639 Famous Birthdays Jun 21 Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts (d. 1723) Born in 1639 Famous Deaths Jun 1 Melchior Franck, German composer Jun 2 Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch Count of Culemborg and politician, dies at 62 May 1639 History by Year Jul 1639 What Happened in 1639 Great Sacrifice of a Plague-Ridden VillageApril 28, 1639 Transit of VenusNovember 24, 1639
