Family tree Van Gorcum » Janneken van der Eijnden (± 1520-1585)

Day of death January 27, 1585

• 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 1585: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 3 » The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
  • April 9 » The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
  • July 7 » The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
  • August 10 » The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.
  • August 17 » A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
  • August 17 » Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1540 » Angela Merici, Italian educator and saint, founded the Company of St. Ursula (b. 1474)
• 1592 » Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (b. 1538)
• 1596 » Francis Drake, English captain and explorer (b. 1540)
• 1629 » Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1560)
• 1638 » Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish author and poet (b. 1585)
• 1651 » Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1566)