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Personal data Captain Thomas Willett 

  • He was born on August 29, 1605 in Barley, Hertfordshire, England.
  • He was christened on August 29, 1605 in Barley, Hertfordshire, England.
  • He died on August 3, 1674 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, he was 68 years old.
  • He is buried in the year 1674 in Ancient Little Neck Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

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He has/had a relationship with Joanna Boyse.

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Birthday August 29, 1605

  • 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 1605: Source: Wikipedia
    • 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.

Day of death August 3, 1674

  • 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 1674: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 19 » England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
    • March 14 » The Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of Ronas Voe results in the Dutch East India Company ship Wapen van Rotterdam being captured with a death toll of up to 300 Dutch crew and soldiers.
    • May 21 » The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
    • September 24 » Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.
    • November 10 » Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England.


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