Genealogy van der Wal » Maerten Cornelisz Berckelaar (1594-1663)

Christening day August 7, 1594

• 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 1594: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 19 » Having already been elected to the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592.
  • June 11 » Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
  • June 23 » The Action of Faial, Azores. The Portuguese carrack Cinco Chagas, loaded with slaves and treasure, is attacked and sunk by English ships with only 13 survivors out of over 700 on board.
  • July 5 » Portuguese forces under the command of Pedro Lopes de Sousa begin an unsuccessful invasion of the Kingdom of Kandy during the Campaign of Danture in Sri Lanka.
  • August 30 » The christening of Prince Henry of Scotland is celebrated with the Masque at the baptism of Prince Henry at Stirling Castle.
  • October 9 » Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.

Day of marriage June 7, 1616

• 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 1616: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 26 » Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.
  • March 5 » Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
  • March 20 » Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
  • May 3 » Treaty of Loudun ends French civil war.
  • July 11 » Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
  • October 25 » Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.

Day of death October 30, 1663

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1663: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 14 » According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book De Vacuo.
  • March 24 » The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.
  • June 8 » Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial ensures Portugal's independence from Spain.
  • June 24 » The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial.
  • July 8 » Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.
  • July 27 » The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1654 » Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (b. 1633)
• 1680 » Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic (b. 1616)
• 1685 » Michel Le Tellier, French lawyer and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1603)
• 1690 » Hieronymus van Beverningh, Dutch diplomat and politician (b. 1614)