Family Doevendans » Wolfgang van ANHALT-ZERBST (1492-1566)

Personal data Wolfgang van ANHALT-ZERBST 

  • He was born on August 1, 1492 in Kothen, Saksen-Anhalt.
  • Title: 1508-1562 Vorst van Anhalt-Köthen
  • Religion:
    • Rooms-Katholiek.
    • vanaf 1525 Luthers.
  • He died on March 23, 1566 in Zerbst, Saksen-Anhalt, he was 73 years old.
  • He is buried in Sint-Bartholomeuskerk In Zerbst.
  • A child of Waldemar Vi van ANHALT-ZERBST and Margaretha van SCHWARZBURG-BLANKENBURG
  • This information was last updated on March 26, 2023.

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Birthday August 1, 1492

  • Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1482 till 1494 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1492: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 6 » The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada at the conclusion of the Granada War.
    • April 17 » Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
    • April 30 » Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
    • October 12 » Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas.
    • October 28 » Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World.
    • December 5 » Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).

Day of death March 23, 1566

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1566: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 28 » The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
    • April 5 » Two hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces.


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