Davis Family Tree » Sir William Brereton (1473-1541)

Personal data Sir William Brereton 

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  • He was born in the year 1473 in Brereton, Cheshire, England.
  • He died on February 4, 1541 in Milkenny, Ireland, he was 68 years old.
  • A child of Andrew Brereton and Agnes Legh

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sir William Brereton

Robert Legh
1410-1479
Isabel DeStanley
1413-1460
Agnes Legh
1456-1478

Sir William Brereton
1473-1541


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    Historical events

    Day of death February 4, 1541

    • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
    • In the year 1541: Source: Wikipedia
      • May 8 » Hernando de Soto stops near present-day Walls, Mississippi, and sees the Mississippi River (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo, the name given to it by Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519).
      • June 26 » Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
      • August 23 » French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
      • August 29 » The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
      • September 30 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
      • December 10 » Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
    

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