Stephenson Family Tree » Elizabeth Frances Carey (1576-1635)

Christening day June 7, 1576

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1576: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 8 » Spanish explorer Diego García de Palacio first sights the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copán.
  • March 25 » Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
  • May 1 » Stephen Báthory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become co-rulers of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  • July 11 » While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".
  • July 12 » Mughal Empire annexes Bengal after defeating the Bengal Sultanate at the Battle of Rajmahal.
  • November 4 » Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).

Day of marriage January 16, 1559

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1559: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 15 » Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
  • April 3 » The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
  • May 2 » John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
  • June 30 » King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
  • August 22 » Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
  • December 25 » Pope Pius IV is elected.

Day of death April 23, 1635

• Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1635: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 23 » The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
  • June 28 » Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
  • July 28 » In the Eighty Years' War the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
  • July 30 » Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.
  • October 9 » Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
  • November 22 » Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1554 » Gaspara Stampa, Italian poet (b. 1523)
• 1605 » Boris Godunov, Russian ruler (b. 1551)
• 1616 » William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (b. 1564)
• 1625 » Maurice, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
• 1695 » Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1702 » Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)