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Personal data George Ashby I 

  • He was born on October 17, 1539 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England.
  • He died on April 5, 1618 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England, he was 78 years old.
  • He is buried after April 5, 1618 in Leicestershire, England.
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of George Ashby I

He is married to Mary Gedney.

They got married in the year 1580 at England, he was 40 years old.

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Birthday October 17, 1539

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1539: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 14 » Spain annexes Cuba.
    • April 27 » Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
    • May 30 » In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
    • June 3 » Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
    • June 10 » Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
    • October 6 » Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.

Day of death April 5, 1618

  • 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 1618: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 8 » Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
    • May 15 » Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
    • May 23 » The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
    • July 31 » Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.
    • September 18 » The twelfth baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.
    • October 29 » English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.


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