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Christening day February 1, 1562

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1562: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 17 » France grants religious toleration to the Huguenots in the Edict of Saint-Germain.
  • January 18 » Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
  • March 1 » Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
  • July 12 » Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred idols and books of the Maya.
  • December 19 » The Battle of Dreux takes place during the French Wars of Religion.

Day of marriage September 26, 1585

• 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 1585: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 3 » The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
  • April 9 » The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
  • July 7 » The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
  • August 10 » The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.
  • August 17 » A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
  • August 17 » Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.

Day of death June 13, 1653

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1653: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 3 » By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
  • February 2 » New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
  • February 23 » The Ballet Royal de la Nuit is first performed at the Salle du Petit-Bourbon in Paris.
  • April 20 » Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
  • June 12 » First Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of the Gabbard begins, lasting until the following day.
  • December 16 » English Interregnum: The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1550 » Veronica Gambara, Italian poet (b. 1485)
• 1636 » George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562)
• 1645 » Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese samurai (b. 1584)
• 1661 » Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician (b. 1595)
• 1665 » Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral (b. 1604)
• 1784 » Henry Middleton, American farmer and politician, 2nd President of the Continental Congress (b. 1717)