Family tree Velthuis-Delissen » Willem Janszoon Hooft (????-1562)

Personal data Willem Janszoon Hooft 

  • He was born in Zaandam (NH).
  • Record.
    Hij is overleden op 10-08-1562 op de Oostzee.
  • Record.
    Hij was schipper en voer evenals zijn 5 zonen regelmatig tussen Holland en Denemarken.

    In 1572 werd hij nog feestelijk onboden door de Deense Koning, dus na 1572 kwam hij op zee om.
  • He died on August 10, 1562 in Oostzee.
  • This information was last updated on April 6, 2012.

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Historical events

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1562: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 17 » France grants religious toleration to the Huguenots in the Edict of Saint-Germain.
    • January 18 » Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
    • March 1 » Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
    • July 12 » Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred idols and books of the Maya.
    • December 19 » The Battle of Dreux takes place during the French Wars of Religion.


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