FutureHistory » Jean IV "Johann/Jan" (Jean IV "Johann/Jan") de Vaernewyck (Vaarnewijk, Vaernewijck) (????-1487)

Personal data Jean IV "Johann/Jan" (Jean IV "Johann/Jan") de Vaernewyck (Vaarnewijk, Vaernewijck) 

  • First name Jean IV "Johann/Jan".
  • He was born.
  • Profession: ridder, heer van Bost en Spelt, baljuw van het land van Gavere, schepen van de “parchons” te Gent in 1451-1456; daarna schepen van de Keure van 1462 tot 1475; tenslotte eerste schepen en burgemeester van 1485 tot 1487. Hij werd gedood bij de revolte op de treden van het Gentse stadhuis, in uitoefening van zijn functie, op 25 mei 1487..
  • He died on May 25, 1487.
  • A child of Alexander II "Sander Janse" de Vaernewyck (Vaarnewijk, Vaernewijck) and Agnes de la Vichte (Spelt)

Household of Jean IV "Johann/Jan" (Jean IV "Johann/Jan") de Vaernewyck (Vaarnewijk, Vaernewijck)

He is married to Barbara "Barbe" Schotts (Scott).

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Historical events

  • Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1482 till 1494 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1487: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 7 » The Siege of Málaga commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
    • May 24 » The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.
    • June 16 » Battle of Stoke Field: King Henry VII of England defeats the leaders of a Yorkist rebellion in the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
    • July 24 » Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, strike against a ban on foreign beer.
    • August 18 » The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
    • November 25 » Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England.


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