Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Klara von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1518-1576)

Day of marriage September 29, 1547

• Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1547: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 13 » Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England.
  • January 16 » Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia.
  • January 28 » Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
  • April 24 » Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
  • July 25 » Henry II of France is crowned.
  • September 10 » The Battle of Pinkie, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.

Day of death March 21, 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
  • January 20 » The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza.
  • March 25 » Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
  • 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).
  • November 8 » Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1540 » John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, English peer and courtier (b. c. 1482)
• 1556 » Thomas Cranmer, English archbishop (b. 1489)
• 1571 » Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (b. 1517)
• 1617 » Pocahontas, Algonquian Indigenous princess (b. c. 1595)
• 1653 » Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha, Albanian politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• 1656 » James Ussher, Irish archbishop (b. 1581)