Stephenson Family Tree » Thomas Robye Jr (1576-1653)

Christening day October 20, 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
  • February 5 » Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
  • March 8 » Spanish explorer Diego García de Palacio first sights the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copán.
  • 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).
  • November 8 » Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.

Day of marriage October 6, 1606

• 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 1606: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 27 » Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
  • January 31 » Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James.
  • April 10 » The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
  • April 12 » The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
  • December 19 » The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
  • December 20 » The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

Day of death March 27, 1653

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1653: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 3 » By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
  • February 2 » New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
  • February 23 » The Ballet Royal de la Nuit is first performed at the Salle du Petit-Bourbon in Paris.
  • April 20 » Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
  • June 12 » First Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of the Gabbard begins, lasting until the following day.
  • December 16 » English Interregnum: The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1621 » Benedetto Giustiniani, Italian cardinal (b. 1554)
• 1624 » Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (b. 1578)
• 1625 » James VI and I of the United Kingdom (b. 1566)
• 1635 » Robert Naunton, English politician (b. 1563)
• 1676 » Bernardino de Rebolledo, Spanish poet, soldier, and diplomat (b. 1597)
• 1679 » Abraham Mignon, Dutch painter (b. 1640)