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Personal data Johan Witten 

  • He was born on January 29, 1558 in Kampen,Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland.
  • He died on November 23, 1615 in Kampen,Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland, he was 57 years old.
  • He is buried in Kampen,Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland.
  • A child of Ernst Witten and Geertruid toe Boecop(toe Hasselo)
  • This information was last updated on April 25, 2018.

Household of Johan Witten

He is married to Johanna toe Boecop.

They got married on April 22, 1582, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Johanna Witten  1583-1655 
  2. Ernesta Witten  1585-1596
  3. Gerharda Witten  1589-1627 
  4. Suzanne Witten  1591-1631
  5. Gerhard Witten  1593-1661
  6. Hendrik Witten  1596-1628 
  7. Arent Witten  1598-1654
  8. Johan Witten  1603-1634


Notes about Johan Witten

Burgemeester te Harderwijk 1585,landmeester van Salland 12-5-1599,in de Ridderschap van Overijssel,6-3-1604 te Deventer en 14-3-1610 te Zwolle,gecomm.in de Raad van State.

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Historical events

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1558: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.
    • April 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
    • July 13 » Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
    • October 17 » Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.
    • November 17 » Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
  • Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1582: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    • June 21 » Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
    • July 2 » Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
    • October 4 » The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
    • October 14 » Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Austria, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
    • November 28 » In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.
  • 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 1615: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 21 » The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.
    • June 2 » The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
    • June 4 » Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.


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