Stephenson Family Tree » Anne Abbott (1581-1619)

Christening day December 3, 1581

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1581: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 4 » Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
  • July 26 » Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): The northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II.

Day of marriage October 12, 1600

• 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 1600: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 17 » On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.
  • February 19 » The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
  • August 5 » The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
  • August 23 » Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
  • October 6 » Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
  • October 21 » Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.

Day of death October 12, 1619

• 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 1619: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 13 » Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason.
  • June 10 » Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.
  • July 30 » In Jamestown, Virginia, the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the Virginia General Assembly, convenes for the first time.
  • August 28 » Election of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • November 7 » Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia.
  • December 4 » Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."

Source: Wikipedia

• 1590 » Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter and educator (b. 1543)
• 1600 » Luis de Molina, Spanish priest and philosopher (b. 1535)
• 1601 » Nicholas Brend, English landowner (b. 1560)
• 1632 » Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese commander (b. 1549)
• 1646 » François de Bassompierre, French general and courtier (b. 1579)
• 1654 » Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (b. 1622)