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Personal data Gerhard van Donhoff 

  • He was born on January 15, 1590.
  • He died on December 23, 1648, he was 58 years old.
  • This information was last updated on July 3, 1997.

Household of Gerhard van Donhoff

He is married to Sibylle Margarethe van Silezie Liegnitz.

They got married on August 23, 1637, he was 47 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday January 15, 1590

  • 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 1590: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 8 » Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva is tortured by the Inquisition in Mexico, charged with concealing the practice Judaism of his sister and her children.
    • March 14 » Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion.
    • May 17 » Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
    • August 30 » Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
    • October 16 » Prince Gesualdo of Venosa murders his wife and her lover.
    • October 24 » John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.

Day of death December 23, 1648

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem II (Huis van Oranje) was from 1647 till 1650 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1648: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 15 » The Peace of Münster is ratified, by which Spain acknowledges Dutch sovereignty.
    • June 1 » The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
    • August 8 » Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman Emperor.
    • August 20 » Battle of Lens: French Duc d'Enghien defeats Spaniards
    • August 28 » The Siege of Colchester ends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the Second English Civil War.
    • October 24 » The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.


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