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Personal data Sir John Brewes 


Household of Sir John Brewes

He is married to Susan Peyton.

They got married about 1620 at Of, Little Wenham, Suffolk, England.

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Historical events

Christening day June 30, 1597

  • 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 1597: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 5 » A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
    • August 17 » Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores.
    • October 4 » Governor Gonzalo Méndez de Canço begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now Georgia.
    • October 26 » Imjin War: Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.

Day of burial February 9, 1643

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1643: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 14 » Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
    • May 19 » Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
    • July 1 » First meeting of the Westminster Assembly, a council of theologians ("divines") and members of the Parliament of England appointed to restructure the Church of England, at Westminster Abbey in London.
    • July 13 » English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.
    • August 24 » A Dutch fleet establishes a new colony in the ruins of Valdivia in southern Chile.
    • December 13 » English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.

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