Ancestral Trails 2016 » William LYON (1620-1692)

Christening day December 23, 1620

• Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1620: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 20 » The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
  • September 6 » The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
  • September 16 » Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower.
  • September 17 » Polish–Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.
  • November 8 » The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
  • November 9 » Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Day of death May 16, 1692

• Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1692: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 13 » Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
  • March 1 » Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
  • June 7 » Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
  • June 10 » Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
  • August 19 » Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
  • October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.

Day of burial May 21, 1692

• Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1692: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 13 » Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
  • June 2 » Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.
  • June 10 » Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
  • August 19 » Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
  • September 22 » The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.
  • October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1657 » Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (b. 1591)
• 1667 » Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1607)
• 1669 » Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (b. 1596)
• 1691 » Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1640)
• 1696 » Mariana of Austria, Queen consort of Spain (b. 1634)
• 1703 » Charles Perrault, French author and academic (b. 1628)