Genealogy Temple » Vincent de la Barre (1600-1660)

Birthday January 16, 1600

• 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 1600: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 17 » On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.
  • February 19 » The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
  • March 20 » The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
  • August 23 » Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
  • October 6 » Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
  • October 21 » Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1558 » Jakobea of Baden, Margravine of Baden by birth, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by marriage († 1597)
• 1616 » François de Vendôme, duke of Beaufort († 1669)
• 1626 » Lucas Achtschellinck, Belgian painter and educator († 1699)
• 1630 » Guru Har Rai, Sikh Guru († 1661)
• 1634 » Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Norwegian author and poet († 1716)
• 1675 » Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French soldier and diplomat († 1755)