Stammbaum der Familie Trummler und Zeller » Anna Maria Bauhof (1600-1645)

Birthday November 21, 1600

• 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 1600: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 17 » On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.
  • February 19 » The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
  • March 20 » The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
  • August 23 » Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
  • October 21 » Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.
  • December 31 » The British East India Company is chartered.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1495 » John Bale, English bishop and historian († 1563)
• 1567 » Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin († 1621)
• 1631 » Catharina Questiers, Dutch poet († 1669)
• 1692 » Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic († 1768)
• 1694 » Voltaire, French historian, playwright, and philosopher († 1778)
• 1718 » Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, German composer, critic, and theorist († 1795)