Stephenson Family Tree » Cyriacus Benfer (1594-1682)

Christening day September 5, 1594

• 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 1594: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 19 » Having already been elected to the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592.
  • February 27 » Henry IV is crowned King of France.
  • June 23 » The Action of Faial, Azores. The Portuguese carrack Cinco Chagas, loaded with slaves and treasure, is attacked and sunk by English ships with only 13 survivors out of over 700 on board.
  • July 5 » Portuguese forces under the command of Pedro Lopes de Sousa begin an unsuccessful invasion of the Kingdom of Kandy during the Campaign of Danture in Sri Lanka.
  • August 30 » The christening of Prince Henry of Scotland is celebrated with the Masque at the baptism of Prince Henry at Stirling Castle.
  • October 9 » Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.

Day of marriage March 1, 1618

• 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 1618: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 8 » Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
  • May 15 » Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
  • May 23 » The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
  • June 14 » Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).
  • July 31 » Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.
  • October 29 » English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.

Day of death February 24, 1682

• 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 1682: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 9 » Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
  • May 6 » Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
  • August 24 » William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
  • September 14 » Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
  • October 27 » Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1666 » Nicholas Lanier, English composer and painter (b. 1588)
• 1685 » Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (b. 1629)
• 1704 » Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643)
• 1714 » Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637)
• 1721 » John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648)
• 1732 » Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675)