Jeffro Family Tree » Adam Gordon (1580-1631)
Personal data Adam Gordon
Source 1- He was born on January 1, 1580 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
- He died on January 1, 1631 in Unknown, he was 51 years old.
- A child of William Fyfe
Household of Adam Gordon
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Historical events
Birthday January 1, 1580
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1580: Source: Wikipedia
- April 6 » One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.
- July 12 » The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
- August 25 » War of the Portuguese Succession: Spanish victory at the Battle of Alcântara brings about the Iberian Union.
- September 26 » Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
- October 10 » Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.
- November 10 » After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 people, including papal soldiers and civilians, at Dún an Óir, Ireland.
Day of death January 1, 1631
- 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 1631: Source: Wikipedia
- May 18 » In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
- May 20 » The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
- May 30 » Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.
- June 17 » Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
- June 20 » The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
- October 10 » Thirty Years' War: An army of the Electorate of Saxony seizes Prague.
Same birth/death day
- 1484 » Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian († 1531)
- 1511 » Henry, Duke of Cornwall, first-born child of Henry VIII of England († 1511)
- 1557 » Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania († 1606)
- 1600 » Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian and academic († 1649)
- 1628 » Christoph Bernhard, German composer and theorist († 1692)
- 1655 » Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher († 1728)
- 1515 » Louis XII, king of France (b. 1462)
- 1559 » Christian III, king of Denmark (b. 1503)
- 1560 » Joachim du Bellay, French poet and critic (b. 1522)
- 1617 » Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1558)
- 1697 » Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1625)
- 1716 » William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)
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Scott Jeffrey, "Jeffro Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/jeffro-family-tree/I322381301008.php : accessed May 2, 2025), "Adam Gordon (1580-1631)".