Clarke Family Tree » Sir Erasmus Dryden (1553-1632)

Personal data Sir Erasmus Dryden 

  • He was born on December 20, 1553 in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England.
  • He died on May 22, 1632 in Warwickshire, England, he was 78 years old.
  • A child of John Dryden and Elizabeth Cope

Household of Sir Erasmus Dryden

He has/had a relationship with Frances Wilkes.


Child(ren):

  1. Mary Dryden  1592-???? 
  2. John Dryden  1607-1667
  3. Dorothy Dryden  1610-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sir Erasmus Dryden

Sir John Cope
1498-1577
John Dryden
1524-1584

Sir Erasmus Dryden
1553-1632


Frances Wilkes
1555-1631

Mary Dryden
1592-????
John Dryden
1607-1667
Dorothy Dryden
1610-????
Elizabeth Dryden
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Historical events

Birthday December 20, 1553

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1553: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 10 » Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
    • July 19 » Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after only nine days on the throne.
    • August 13 » Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
    • October 1 » Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
    • October 27 » Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
    • December 25 » Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.

Day of death May 22, 1632

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1632: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 22 » Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems .
    • March 29 » Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
    • April 15 » Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
    • July 23 » Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.


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Source: Wikipedia

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