Kelson Burbank Genealogy » Richardus Lee Lancelot's Uncle (1564-1621)

Christening day March 30, 1567

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1567: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 20 » Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
  • February 10 » Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.
  • March 13 » The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
  • May 24 » Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated Swedish nobles.
  • July 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.
  • July 25 » Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela.

Day of marriage October 21, 1599

• 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 1599: Source: Wikipedia
  • August 15 » Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
  • October 18 » Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.

Day of death February 23, 1621

• 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 1621: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 9 » Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
  • March 16 » Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
  • March 22 » The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
  • April 5 » The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.
  • June 3 » The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland.
  • June 21 » Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1526 » Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies (b. c. 1479)
• 1554 » Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire (b. 1515)
• 1603 » Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
• 1603 » Franciscus Vieta, French mathematician (b. 1540)
• 1620 » Nicholas Fuller, English politician (b. 1543)
• 1704 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)