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Personal data Heinrich XVI von Reuss-Gera 

  • He was born on December 29, 1530.
  • He died on April 6, 1572 in Schleiz (D), he was 41 years old.
  • This information was last updated on February 28, 2009.

Household of Heinrich XVI von Reuss-Gera

He is married to Dorothea von Solms-Laubach.

zij hebben 3 kinderen: Agnes (1567-1588), Dorothea (1570-1631) en Heinrich XXIX Posthumus (1572-1635)

They got married on January 6, 1566 at Zeitz (D), he was 35 years old.

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Birthday December 29, 1530

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1530: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 14 » Spanish conquistadores, led by Nuño de Guzmán, overthrow and execute Tangaxuan II, the last independent monarch of the Tarascan state in present-day central Mexico.
    • June 25 » At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
    • September 15 »

Day of death April 6, 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
    • 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.
    • August 23 » French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
    • 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.


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