Genealogy Meeldijk » Gerrit Fransz MEERMAN (1541-1609)

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Household of Gerrit Fransz MEERMAN

He is married to Agniesge Dircxd van SANTEN.

They got married on January 11, 1561 at Delft, he was 20 years old.


Notes about Gerrit Fransz MEERMAN

Meerman, Gerrit Fransz., geb. 1541, korenkoper, woonde aan de Voorstraat naast de brouwerij "In 't Hoeffijser", dus in de buurt van de Hoefijzerstraat. Hij was een zwager van Claes van Adrichem, met wie hij samen als reder en koopman op trad. Hij was regent van het weeshuis 1574, veertigraad 1575, schepen 1575, bewaarder fraterhuis 1581, weesmeester 1581, burgemeester 1580, 1583, 1584, toeziender van de Grote School 1581, regent van de Kamer van Charitaten 1597, schout 1585, 1586, 1593-1609 van Delft,
overl. 5 april 1609, begr. Delft 7 april 1609 in de Nieuwe Kerk.
Het moet geen gemakkelijk heer zijn geweest getuige zijn bijnaam "de duyvel van Delft". Zijn portret, geschilderd door Maerten van Heemskerck, hangt in het stedelijk museum "Het Prinsenhof.

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Day of marriage January 11, 1561

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1561: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » Mendoza, Argentina, is founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro del Castillo.
    • June 4 » The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt.
    • July 2 » Menas, emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
    • August 19 » Mary, Queen of Scots, who was 18 years old, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
    • September 9 » The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
    • October 18 » In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima was fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen; resulting in a draw.

Day of death April 5, 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 9 » Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
    • 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.
    • August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
    • August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
    • September 13 » Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.


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