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Christening day November 22, 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 2 » Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.
  • 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.
  • 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 marriage July 28, 1579

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1579: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 23 » The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
  • February 6 » The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
  • June 17 » Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
  • June 26 » Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
  • July 8 » Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
  • October 19 » James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.

Day of death April 10, 1593

• 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 1593: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 12 » Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.
  • May 12 » London playwright Thomas Kyd is arrested and tortured by the Privy Council for libel.
  • May 18 » Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
  • June 22 » Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Ottomans.
  • July 25 » Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
  • August 27 » Pierre Barrière failed an attempt to assassinate Henry IV of France.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1585 » Gregory XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1502)
• 1598 » Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (b. 1548)
• 1599 » Gabrielle d'Estrées, French mistress of Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
• 1601 » Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish soldier and poet (b. 1562)
• 1619 » Thomas Jones, English-Irish archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1550)
• 1640 » Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1578)