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Personal data John Basset 

  • He was born on October 26, 1518 in England.
  • He died on April 20, 1541 in England, he was 22 years old.
  • He is buried in the year 1541 in England.
  • A child of John Bassett and Honor Grenville
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of John Basset

He is married to Lady Frances Plantagenet Baroness co-Heiress Countess of York Plantagenet.

They got married on February 15, 1538 at Devon, England, United Kingdom, he was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Arthur Bassett  1540-1586 
  2. Eleanor Bassett  1535-1585
  3. John V Basset  ± 1540-1600
  4. Edward Bassett  ± 1540-1602
  5. Anthony Bassett  ± 1541-????

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Historical events

Birthday October 26, 1518

Day of marriage February 15, 1538

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1538: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 24 » Treaty of Nagyvárad between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and King John Zápolya of Hungary and Croatia.
    • May 26 » Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
    • August 6 » Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
    • September 28 » Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
    • October 28 » The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.
    • December 17 » Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.

Day of death April 20, 1541

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1541: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 12 » Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
    • May 8 » Hernando de Soto stops near present-day Walls, Mississippi, and sees the Mississippi River (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo, the name given to it by Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519).
    • June 26 » Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
    • August 29 » The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
    • September 30 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
    • December 10 » Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.


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