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Personal data Gov. Edward Digges 


Household of Gov. Edward Digges

He is married to Elizabeth Page.

They got married about 1650 at Yorktown, York, Virginia, British Colonial America.

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Birthday February 14, 1620

  • 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 1620: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 20 » The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
    • August 1 » Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
    • September 6 » The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
    • September 16 » Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower.
    • November 9 » Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
    • November 11 » The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.

Christening day March 29, 1621

  • 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 1621: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 9 » Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
    • February 17 » Myles Standish is appointed as first military commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America.
    • March 22 » The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
    • April 5 » The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.
    • May 24 » The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
    • June 21 » Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.

Day of death March 15, 1675

  • 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 1675: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 4 » John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
    • August 11 » Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
    • October 29 » Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
    • November 2 » Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
    • November 11 » Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).
    • December 11 » Antonio de Vea expedition enters San Rafael Lake in western Patagonia.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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