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Personal data Christopher Fordham 


Household of Christopher Fordham

(1) He is married to Johanna Froste.

They got married on November 12, 1565 at Kelshall, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, he was 25 years old.


(2) He is married to Catherine.

They got married after 1577.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Christopher Fordham

John Fordham
1470-1525
Agnes Stroughton
1472-????
Thomas Stoughton
1467-????
Susanna Brooke
1471-1528

Christopher Fordham
1540-1614

(1) 1565

Johanna Froste
1545-????

(2) > 1577

Catherine
????-1613


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Historical events

Birthday May 2, 1540

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1540: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 6 » King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
    • March 23 » Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
    • May 9 » Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
    • July 9 » King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
    • July 28 » Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
    • August 15 » Arequipa, Peru is founded.

Day of marriage November 12, 1565

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1565: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » Battle of Talikota, fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Deccan sultanates, leads to the subjugation, and eventual destruction of the last Hindu kingdom in India, and the consolidation of Islamic rule over much of the Indian subcontinent.
    • April 27 » Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
    • May 18 » The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta.
    • September 8 » The Knights of Malta lift the Ottoman siege of Malta that began on May 18.
    • September 11 » Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.
    • October 18 » Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.

Day of death November 9, 1614

  • 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 1614: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 5 » In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
    • July 6 » Raid on Żejtun: The south east of Malta, and the town of Żejtun, suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
    • August 22 » Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
    • October 11 » The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.
    • October 31 » First performance of Ben Jonson's comedy Bartholomew Fair by the Lady Elizabeth's Men company at the Hope Theatre in London.
    • November 8 » Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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