Genealogy De Vos-Verschuur » Sofie van Brandenburg (1582-1610)

Personal data Sofie van Brandenburg 


Household of Sofie van Brandenburg

She is married to Wilhelm van Koerland Kettler.

They got married on October 22, 1609 at Kaliningrad, (Koningsbergen), Rusland, she was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jacob van Koerland  1610-1682 

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Birthday March 31, 1582

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1582: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 24 » With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
    • April 16 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
    • July 2 » Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
    • October 14 » Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Austria, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
    • October 15 » Adoption of the Gregorian calendar begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption.
    • November 28 » In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.

Day of marriage October 22, 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.
    • April 5 » Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
    • April 9 » Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
    • July 30 » Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies.
    • August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
    • August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.

Day of death December 24, 1610

  • 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 1610: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.
    • May 14 » Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.
    • June 5 » The masque Tethys' Festival is performed at Whitehall Palace to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.
    • July 5 » John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
    • August 2 » During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
    • October 17 » French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.


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