Gray Genealogy » Rev. John Henry (Sir) May (1575-1617)
Personal data Rev. John Henry (Sir) May
Source 1- He was born on March 24, 1575 in Mayfield, Sussex, England.
Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-1587) below 16 years (12). - He died on December 19, 1617 in Wisbeech, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, he was 42 years old.
Household of Rev. John Henry (Sir) May
He is married to Cordelia Bowes.
They got married in the year 1587 at East Riding, Yorkshire, England, he was 11 years old.
Child(ren):
Ancestors (and descendant) of Rev. John Henry (Sir) May
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Historical events
Birthday March 24, 1575
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1575: Source: Wikipedia
- January 25 » Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.
- February 8 » Leiden University is founded, and given the motto Praesidium Libertatis.
- March 3 » Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Sultan of Bengal Daud Khan Karrani's army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
- October 10 » Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
- October 22 » Foundation of Aguascalientes City in New Spain.
- December 16 » An earthquake with an estimated of 8.5Mw strikes Valdivia, Chile.
Day of death December 19, 1617
- 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 1617: Source: Wikipedia
- February 27 » Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
Same birth/death day
- 1494 » Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist and scholar († 1555)
- 1577 » Francis, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin, Bishop of Cammin († 1620)
- 1607 » Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral († 1667)
- 1628 » Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1685)
- 1657 » Arai Hakuseki, Japanese academic and politician († 1725)
- 1693 » John Harrison, English carpenter and clock-maker, invented the Marine chronometer († 1776)
- 1442 » Elizabeth of Luxembourg (b. 1409)
- 1558 » Cornelius Grapheus, Flemish writer (b. 1482)
- 1637 » Christina of Lorraine, Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany (b. 1565)
- 1741 » Vitus Bering, Danish-Russian hydrographer and explorer (b. 1681)
- 1745 » Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684)
- 1749 » Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (b. 1672)
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The Gray Genealogy publication was prepared by Heather Gray.
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Heather Gray, "Gray Genealogy", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/gray-genealogy/P898.php : accessed February 2, 2026), "Rev. John Henry (Sir) May (1575-1617)".
Heather Gray, "Gray Genealogy", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/gray-genealogy/P898.php : accessed February 2, 2026), "Rev. John Henry (Sir) May (1575-1617)".