Noblesse Européenne - European Nobility » Vincenzo Ruffo (????-1616)

Day of death June 3, 1616

• 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 1616: Source: Wikipedia
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  • March 5 » Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
  • May 3 » Treaty of Loudun ends French civil war.
  • July 11 » Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
  • October 25 » Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.

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