Family Tree King » William Tuttle (1607-1673)

Christening day October 29, 1609

• 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 1609: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 4 » Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.
  • May 20 » Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
  • May 23 » Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
  • July 9 » Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
  • September 11 » Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
  • September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.

Day of marriage January 1, 1631

• Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1631: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 18 » In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
  • May 20 » The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
  • June 17 » Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
  • June 20 » The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
  • September 17 » Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
  • October 10 » Thirty Years' War: An army of the Electorate of Saxony seizes Prague.

Day of death June 16, 1673

• 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 1673: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 17 » Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
  • June 17 » French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
  • November 11 » Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1622 » Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)
• 1626 » Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)
• 1666 » Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, English poet and diplomat, English Ambassador to Spain (b. 1608)
• 1722 » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (b. 1650)
• 1743 » Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, eldest daughter of King Louis XIV of France (b. 1673)
• 1752 » Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1692)