Stephenson Family Tree » Sir George Smythe (1541-1607)

Personal data Sir George Smythe 


Household of Sir George Smythe

(1) He is married to Anne Giffard.

They got married in the year 1561 at Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, England, he was 19 years old.


(2) He is married to Anne Gifford.

They got married at Wooten, England.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of George Smythe

Sir John Carrington Smith
1470-1547
Agnes Harewell
1493-1562
Richard Moreton
1500-1590
Anne Corbet
± 1503-< 1590
Francis Smith
1522-1606

George Smythe
1541-1607

(1) 1561

Anne Giffard
1548-1648

(2) 

Anne Gifford
1545-1607


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Historical events

Birthday July 16, 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
    • January 15 » King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
    • February 12 » Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
    • 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 23 » French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
    • August 29 » The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
    • December 10 » Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.

Day of death July 31, 1607

  • 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 1607: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 24 » L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
    • April 25 » Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
    • April 26 » English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
    • May 14 » Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
    • September 4 » The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.
    • October 5 » Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.


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Source: Wikipedia

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