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Christening day August 10, 1578

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1578: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 31 » Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War: The Battle of Gembloux is a victory for Spanish forces led by Don John of Austria over a rebel army of Dutch, Flemish, English, Scottish, German, French and Walloons.
  • April 27 » Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favourites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.
  • May 31 » King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France.
  • August 4 » Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
  • September 29 » Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.

Day of marriage February 2, 1622

• 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 1622: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 12 » Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Society of Jesus, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
  • March 22 » Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
  • April 22 » The Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ends Portuguese control of Hormuz Island.
  • June 24 » Battle of Macau: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture Macau.
  • December 18 » Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola.
  • December 22 » The town of Bucaramanga, Colombia, is founded by Andres Paes de Sotomayor.

Day of death February 15, 1637

• 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 1637: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 15 » Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
  • February 18 » Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
  • May 26 » Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.
  • September 29 » 42-year-old Lorenzo Ruiz dies.

Day of burial February 18, 1637

• 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 1637: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 15 » Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
  • February 18 » Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
  • May 26 » Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.
  • September 29 » 42-year-old Lorenzo Ruiz dies.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1508 » Giovanni II Bentivoglio, tyrant of Bologna (b. 1443)
• 1600 » José de Acosta, Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist (b. 1540)
• 1621 » Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1571)
• 1637 » Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
• 1738 » Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
• 1781 » Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1729)