Record: 29.11.1587: werd betaald 1Ð 6 sc. 8 gro. samen met zoon Ambrosius Van Polfliet vervoer met wagen en paarden gemend te hebben voor hoogbaljuw..Source 1
Record: 26.09.1588 werd betaald aan hem en zijn vader 4 Ð 6 sc 8 gro. voor reis naar Brugge in dienst van graaf de Mansfelt en 2 karren gelaten op het kasteel.Source 1
January 16 » The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.
August 8 » The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
September 27 » The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
November 5 » Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.
November 8 » Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.
February 21 » Mikhail I is unanimously elected Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.
April 13 » Samuel Argall, having captured Native American princess Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia, sets off with her to Jamestown with the intention of exchanging her for English prisoners held by her father.
June 29 » The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground.
July 2 » The first English expedition (from Virginia) against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place.
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