Donald A.C. Simmons Jr. Family Tree » William Henderson (1520-1547)

Personal data William Henderson 

  • He was born on May 3, 1520 in Fordell, Fife, Scotland.
  • He died on September 10, 1547 in Killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, during King Henry VIII of England's "Rough Wooing" of Scotland, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 27 years old.

Household of William Henderson

He had a relationship with Elizabeth Scott.


Child(ren):

  1. James Henderson  1545-1611 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Henderson

William Henderson
1520-1547


Elizabeth Scott
1519-1547

James Henderson
1545-1611

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Birthday May 3, 1520

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1520: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 16 » The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V.
    • May 22 » The massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl takes place during the Fall of Tenochtitlan, resulting in turning the Aztecs against the Spanish.
    • September 30 » Suleiman the Magnificent is proclaimed sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
    • October 21 » João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".
    • November 1 » The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage.
    • December 10 » Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.

Day of death September 10, 1547

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1547: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg.
    • January 13 » Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England.
    • January 16 » Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia.
    • January 28 » Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
    • February 20 » Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
    • July 25 » Henry II of France is crowned.


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