Jeffro Family Tree » Alexander Wiliamsone (alias Gunn) (1540-1676)
Personal data Alexander Wiliamsone (alias Gunn)
Source 1- He was born on March 19, 1540 in Anstruther-Easter, Fife, Scotland.
- He died on May 12, 1676.
Attention: Age above 100 years (136).
Household of Alexander Wiliamsone (alias Gunn)
Child(ren):
- Thomas Williamson 1562-????
- Christeane Williamsone (alias Gunn) 1563-????
- Elspett Williamson 1566-????
Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Wiliamsone (alias Gunn)
Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday March 19, 1540
- Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1540: Source: Wikipedia
- March 23 » Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
- May 9 » Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
- July 28 » Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
- August 15 » Arequipa, Peru is founded.
- September 27 » The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
- October 18 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.
Day of death May 12, 1676
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1676: Source: Wikipedia
- June 2 » Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
- July 30 » Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
- August 12 » Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
- September 19 » Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
- November 21 » The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
- December 4 » The Danish army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish army commanded by the Swedish king Charles XI at the Battle of Lund, to this day it is counted as the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history and a turning point in the Scanian War.
Same birth/death day
- 1488 » Johannes Magnus, Swedish archbishop and theologian († 1544)
- 1534 » José de Anchieta, Spanish missionary and saint († 1597)
- 1542 » Jan Zamoyski, Polish nobleman († 1605)
- 1601 » Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect († 1667)
- 1604 » John IV of Portugal († 1656)
- 1641 » Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Syrian author and scholar († 1731)
- 1634 » George Chapman, English poet and playwright (b. 1559)
- 1641 » Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1593)
- 1684 » Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest (b. 1620)
- 1699 » Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)
- 1700 » John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1631)
- 1708 » Adolphus Frederick II, duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
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