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Personal data Hedwig van Brunswijk Wolfenbuttel 


Household of Hedwig van Brunswijk Wolfenbuttel

She is married to Otto van Brunswijk Harburg.

They got married on April 15, 1621, she was 40 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday October 15, 1580

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1580: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 6 » One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.
    • July 12 » The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
    • August 25 » War of the Portuguese Succession: Spanish victory at the Battle of Alcântara brings about the Iberian Union.
    • September 26 » Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
    • October 10 » Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.
    • November 10 » After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 people, including papal soldiers and civilians, at Dún an Óir, Ireland.

Day of marriage April 15, 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.
    • February 17 » Myles Standish is appointed as first military commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America.
    • April 5 » The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.
    • May 24 » The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
    • 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.

Day of death March 11, 1657

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1657: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » Great Fire of Meireki: A fire in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, caused more than 100,000 deaths; it lasted three days
    • April 20 » Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
    • April 20 » Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
    • October 30 » Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.
    • December 27 » The Flushing Remonstrance articulates for the first time in North American history that freedom of religion is a fundamental right.


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About the surname Van Brunswijk Wolfenbuttel


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