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Personal data Sophie von Braunschweig-Lüneburg 


Household of Sophie von Braunschweig-Lüneburg

She is married to Georg Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach.

They got married on May 3, 1579 at Dresden, Allemagne, she was 15 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday October 30, 1563

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1563: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 19 » The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.
    • December 4 » The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)

Day of marriage May 3, 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.
    • July 8 » Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
    • October 19 » James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.

Day of death January 14, 1639

  • 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 1639: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 14 » The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
    • March 13 » Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard.
    • April 14 » Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Years' War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.
    • August 22 » Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.


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