Genealogy Van de Cnocke » Anna ver Cauteren (ver Couteren) (1606-????)

Birthday February 11, 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.
  • December 19 » The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1466 » Elizabeth of York († 1503)
• 1535 » Pope Gregory XIV († 1591)
• 1568 » Honoré d'Urfé, French author and playwright († 1625)
• 1649 » William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic († 1715)
• 1657 » Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French poet and playwright († 1757)
• 1708 » Egidio Duni, Italian composer († 1775)