Family tree Van Britsom en Bax » Gillis van Royen (1612-1676)

Personal data Gillis van Royen 


Household of Gillis van Royen

(1) He is married to Catharina Catelijne van Royen.

They got married

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(2) He is married to Katelijne van Wouwe.

They got married on February 26, 1647 at Temse, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, he was 34 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday August 3, 1612

  • 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 1612: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 13 » Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island.
    • August 18 » The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
    • August 19 » The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.
    • September 8 » The foundation day in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.
    • November 1 » During the Time of Troubles, Polish troops are expelled from Moscow's Kitay-gorod by Russian troops under the command of Dmitry Pozharsky (22 October O.S.).
    • November 29 » The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.

Day of marriage February 26, 1647

Day of death September 24, 1676

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1676: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 17 » Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are lost at Evangelistas Islets at the western end of the Strait of Magellan.
    • June 1 » Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79).
    • July 30 » Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
    • August 12 » Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
    • November 21 » The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
    • December 4 » The Danish army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish army commanded by the Swedish king Charles XI at the Battle of Lund, to this day it is counted as the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history and a turning point in the Scanian War.


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About the surname Van Royen


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M. van Britsom, "Family tree Van Britsom en Bax", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-van-britsom-en-bax/I15966.php : accessed June 1, 2024), "Gillis van Royen (1612-1676)".