Real black history and black original man- BC4000 - family tree over 360,000 persons - black Hebrew Yahya- footnote on cabbage babies as well 1800s » Henry W Wolcott, Sr (1578-1655)

Christening day December 6, 1579

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1579: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 6 » The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain.
  • January 23 » The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
  • February 6 » The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
  • June 17 » Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
  • June 26 » Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
  • July 8 » Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.

Day of marriage January 19, 1606

• 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 1606: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 27 » Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
  • January 31 » Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James.
  • February 26 » The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.
  • April 10 » The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
  • April 12 » The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
  • December 20 » The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

Day of death May 30, 1655

•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1655: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 8 » John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed.
  • March 25 » Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
  • April 23 » The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.
  • July 31 » Russo-Polish War (1654–67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
  • September 8 » Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
  • December 18 » The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1593 » Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1564)
• 1606 » Guru Arjan Dev, fifth of the Sikh gurus (executed) (b. 1563)
• 1640 » Peter Paul Rubens, German-Belgian painter (b. 1577)
• 1670 » John Davenport, English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (b. 1597)
• 1696 » Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1638)
• 1712 » Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter (b. 1645)