Family tree Dullemen » Johann Georg Von Solms Laubach (1546-1600)

Day of marriage December 7, 1572

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1572: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 16 » Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
  • April 1 » In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
  • July 9 » Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
  • October 20 » Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes.
  • November 11 » Tycho Brahe observes the supernova SN 1572.
  • December 23 » Theologian Johann Sylvan is executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs.

Day of death August 19, 1600

• 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 1600: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 17 » On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.
  • February 19 » The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
  • March 20 » The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
  • August 23 » Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
  • October 6 » Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
  • October 21 » Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.

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• 1541 » Vincenzo Cappello, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1469)
• 1580 » Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (b. 1508)
• 1646 » Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1583)
• 1654 » Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
• 1662 » Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1680 » Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)