Clarke Family Tree » William Forbes (????-1584)

Personal data William Forbes 

  • He died on November 13, 1584.

Household of William Forbes

He is married to Elizabeth Keith.

They got married on December 19, 1538 at Lindores Abbey, Fife, Scotland.


Child(ren):

  1. Margaret Forbes  1557-1630 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Forbes

William Forbes
????-1584

1538

Elizabeth Keith
> 1522-± 1604

Margaret Forbes
1557-1630

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Historical events

Day of marriage December 19, 1538

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1538: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 24 » Treaty of Nagyvárad between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and King John Zápolya of Hungary and Croatia.
    • May 26 » Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
    • July 25 » The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.
    • September 28 » Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
    • October 28 » The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.
    • December 17 » Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.

Day of death November 13, 1584

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1584: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 25 » Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
    • May 16 » Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
    • July 4 » Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island
    • July 10 » William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
    • September 13 » San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.


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