Clarke Family Tree » Jacques de Vignolles (1609-1686)

Birthday June 10, 1609

• 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 1609: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 9 » Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
  • May 20 » Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
  • July 9 » Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
  • July 25 » The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.
  • August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
  • September 13 » Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1557 » Leandro Bassano, Italian painter († 1622)
• 1632 » Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author († 1710)
• 1688 » James Francis Edward Stuart, claimant to the English and Scottish throne († 1766)
• 1713 » Princess Caroline of Great Britain († 1757)
• 1716 » Carl Gustaf Ekeberg, Swedish physician and explorer († 1784)