Family tree De Backer - Evers » Joannes Sybens - Siebens (1612-1648)

Christening day August 12, 1612

• 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 1612: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 13 » Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island.
  • August 18 » The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
  • August 19 » The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.
  • September 8 » The foundation day in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.
  • November 1 » During the Time of Troubles, Polish troops are expelled from Moscow's Kitay-gorod by Russian troops under the command of Dmitry Pozharsky (22 October O.S.).
  • November 29 » The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.

Day of marriage November 16, 1636

• 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 1636: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 26 » Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
  • April 30 » Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
  • October 4 » Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
  • October 28 » The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.
  • December 13 » The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the National Guard of the United States.

Day of death April 18, 1648

• Stadhouder Prins Willem II (Huis van Oranje) was from 1647 till 1650 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1648: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 17 » England's Long Parliament passes the "Vote of No Addresses", breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War.
  • January 30 » Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
  • June 15 » Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • August 8 » Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman Emperor.
  • August 28 » The Siege of Colchester ends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the Second English Civil War.
  • October 24 » The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1567 » Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (b. 1503)
• 1587 » John Foxe, English historian and author (b. 1516)
• 1636 » Julius Caesar, English judge and politician (b. 1557)
• 1650 » Simonds d'Ewes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1602)
• 1674 » John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (b. 1620)
• 1689 » George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Welsh judge and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1648)