Stephenson Family Tree » Anna Hudson (1559-1585)

Day of marriage October 26, 1578

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1578: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 31 » Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War: The Battle of Gembloux is a victory for Spanish forces led by Don John of Austria over a rebel army of Dutch, Flemish, English, Scottish, German, French and Walloons.
  • April 27 » Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favourites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.
  • May 31 » King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France.
  • August 4 » Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
  • September 29 » Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.

Day of death May 5, 1585

• 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 1585: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 3 » The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
  • April 9 » The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
  • July 7 » The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
  • August 8 » John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
  • August 17 » A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
  • August 17 » Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.

Day of burial April 21, 1656

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1656: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 23 » Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.
  • July 21 » The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
  • July 28 » Second Northern War: Battle of Warsaw begins.
  • July 30 » Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeat the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw.
  • October 14 » The US state of Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1525 » Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1463)
• 1582 » Charlotte of Bourbon, Princess consort of Orange, married to William I of Orange (b. 1547)
• 1586 » Henry Sidney, Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
• 1671 » Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1602)
• 1672 » Samuel Cooper, English painter and linguist (b. 1609)
• 1700 » Angelo Italia, Italian architect (b. 1628)