Genealogy De Vos-Verschuur » Eleonora van Promnitz (1576-1611)
Personal data Eleonora van Promnitz
- She was born on September 28, 1576 in Wrocław, Polen.
- She died on December 19, 1611 in Greifenstein, Duitsland, she was 35 years old.
- A child of Seyfried van Promnitz and Ursula van Schaffgotsch
Household of Eleonora van Promnitz
She is married to Johann Georg van Hohenzollern Sigmaringen.
They got married on May 29, 1606 at Chemnitz, Duitsland, she was 29 years old.
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Birthday September 28, 1576
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1576: Source: Wikipedia
- February 5 » Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
- March 25 » Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
- May 1 » Stephen Báthory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become co-rulers of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- July 11 » While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".
- July 12 » Mughal Empire annexes Bengal after defeating the Bengal Sultanate at the Battle of Rajmahal.
- November 4 » Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).
Day of marriage May 29, 1606
- 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 1606: Source: Wikipedia
- January 27 » Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
- January 31 » Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James.
- February 26 » The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.
- April 10 » The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
- April 12 » The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
- December 20 » The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
Day of death December 19, 1611
- 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 1611: Source: Wikipedia
- April 28 » Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.
- May 2 » The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
- June 23 » The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again.
- October 29 » Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa.
- November 1 » Shakespeare's play The Tempest is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
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- 1605 » Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician († 1694)
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- 1705 » Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1774)
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- 1558 » Cornelius Grapheus, Flemish writer (b. 1482)
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