May 28 » The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.)
July 19 » Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
July 29 » Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
July 31 » The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.
August 8 » Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
Check the information Open Archives has about Van Meeuwen.
Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Van Meeuwen.
The Family tree Gerrit Rademaker publication was prepared by A. Rademaker (contact is not possible).
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: A. Rademaker, "Family tree Gerrit Rademaker", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-gerrit-rademaker/I10642.php : accessed May 19, 2024), "Jacob Govertsz. van Meeuwen (????-1588)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.