Genealogy Kuipers » Jan VIII van Nassau Siegen (1583-1638)
Personal data Jan VIII van Nassau Siegen
- He was born on September 29, 1583 in Dillenburg, Hessen, Germany.
- He died on July 27, 1638 in Oudenaarde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, he was 54 years old.
- A child of Jan VII 'de Middelste' van Nassau-Dillenburg and Magdalena van Waldeck-Wildungen
- This information was last updated on September 27, 2008.
Household of Jan VIII van Nassau Siegen
He is married to Ernestine Yolande de Ligne D'amblise.
They got married on August 13, 1618 at Ronse, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, he was 34 years old.
Zie ES NF Band I Tafel 75
RFN 456
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Notes about Jan VIII van Nassau Siegen
"De Jongste". Graaf van Nassau Siegen.
CHR: RELI Rooms Katholiek
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Historical events
Birthday September 29, 1583
- Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1583: Source: Wikipedia
- August 5 » Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
- December 17 » Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.
Day of marriage August 13, 1618
- 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 1618: Source: Wikipedia
- May 15 » Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
- May 23 » The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
- June 14 » Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).
- July 31 » Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.
- September 18 » The twelfth baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.
- October 29 » English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
Day of death July 27, 1638
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1638: Source: Wikipedia
- February 28 » The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
- March 22 » Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
Same birth/death day
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- 1548 » William V, Duke of Bavaria († 1626)
- 1561 » Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician († 1615)
- 1574 » Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, Scottish nobleman and politician († 1624)
- 1602 » Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, English military leader († 1668)
- 1510 » Giovanni Sforza, Italian condottiere (b. 1466)
- 1656 » Salomo Glassius, German theologian and critic (b. 1593)
- 1675 » Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (b. 1611)
- 1689 » John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general (b. c. 1648)
- 1759 » Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1698)
- 1770 » Robert Dinwiddie, Scottish merchant and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
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