Holicky Family Tree » Roger Bronson (1576-1635)

Christening day September 15, 1577

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1577: Source: Wikipedia
  • September 17 » The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between King Henry III of France and the Huguenots.
  • December 1 » Francis Walsingham is knighted.
  • December 13 » Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.

Day of marriage May 12, 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 5 » The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
  • 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.

Day of death October 22, 1635

• 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 1635: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 23 » The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
  • May 30 » Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.
  • June 28 » Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
  • July 28 » In the Eighty Years' War the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
  • July 30 » Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.
  • October 9 » Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1521 » Edward Poynings, Lord Deputy to King Henry VII of England (b. 1459)
• 1565 » Jean Grolier de Servières, French book collector (b. 1479)
• 1604 » Domingo Báñez, Spanish theologian (b. 1528)
• 1625 » Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyō (b. 1561)
• 1708 » Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1636)
• 1751 » William IV, Prince of Orange (b. 1711)