Stephenson Family Tree » Sir William Walsingham (1488-1534)
Personal data Sir William Walsingham
- He was born in the year 1488 in Huntingfield, Suffolk, England.
- He died on March 23, 1534 in London, Middlesex, England, he was 46 years old.
- He is buried March 1534 in Church of Saint Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury, Bassishaw, City of London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
- A child of James Walsingham and Eleanor Alice Writtle
- This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.
Household of Sir William Walsingham
He is married to Joyce Denny.
They got married in the year 1512 at Howe, Norfolk, England, he was 24 years old.
Timeline Sir William Walsingham
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Historical events
Day of death March 23, 1534
- Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1534: Source: Wikipedia
- April 20 » Jacques Cartier begins his first voyage to what is today the east coast of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador.
- July 4 » Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
- July 24 » French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
- August 15 » Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
- October 17 » Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.
- November 3 » English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
Same birth/death day
- 1483 » Yolande, duchess of Lorraine (b. 1428)
- 1548 » Itagaki Nobukata, Japanese samurai (b. 1489)
- 1555 » Julius III, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1487)
- 1559 » Gelawdewos, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1521)
- 1596 » Henry Unton, English diplomat (b. 1557)
- 1606 » Justus Lipsius, Flemish philologist and scholar (b. 1547)
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Brian K. Stephenson , "Stephenson Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stephenson-family-tree/I39605.php : accessed May 5, 2025), "Sir William Walsingham (1488-1534)".
Brian K. Stephenson , "Stephenson Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stephenson-family-tree/I39605.php : accessed May 5, 2025), "Sir William Walsingham (1488-1534)".