Ancestral Trails 2016 » Thomas LEIGHTON (1452-1530)

Personal data Thomas LEIGHTON 

  • He was born on December 25, 1452 in Wattlesborough, Shropshire.
  • He died on April 11, 1530 in Wattlesborough, Shropshire, he was 77 years old.

Household of Thomas LEIGHTON

He is married to Elizabeth DEVEREUX.

They got married in the year 1494 at Wattlesborough, Shropshire, he was 41 years old.

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Historical events

  • Graaf Filips I de Goede (Beiers Huis) was from 1433 till 1467 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1452: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 17 » The Battle of Los Alporchones is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the Emirate of Granada and the combined forces of the Kingdom of Castile and Murcia resulting in a Christian victory.
  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1530: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 14 » Spanish conquistadores, led by Nuño de Guzmán, overthrow and execute Tangaxuan II, the last independent monarch of the Tarascan state in present-day central Mexico.
    • June 25 » At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
    • September 15 »


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