13 September 1609 September 12, 2022 Author: Staff Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River. Famous Words of Inspiration..."We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams — Click here for more from John Adams Related posts: 28 August 1609 30 September 1399 9 April 1609 24 October 1931 2 August 1415 20 July 1189 24 September 1948 30 October 1485 28 July 1896 31 May 1859 Categories: History Tags: 13 September, 1609