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Christening day August 18, 1506

• Graaf Filips II de Schone (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1494 till 1506 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1506 till 1515 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1506: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 22 » The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
  • April 18 » The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.
  • April 19 » The Lisbon Massacre begins, in which accused Jews are being slaughtered by Portuguese Catholics.
  • April 21 » The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics.
  • August 5 » The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk.

Day of marriage November 5, 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.
  • 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.
  • September 11 » Santiago, Chile, is besieged by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards. However, the Spaniards decapitated them and rolled their heads on the main square, horrifying the indigenous warriors, and subsequently ending the attack.
  • September 13 » After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
  • 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 August 8, 1559

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1559: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 15 » Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
  • April 3 » The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
  • May 2 » John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
  • June 30 » King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
  • August 22 » Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
  • December 25 » Pope Pius IV is elected.

Day of burial August 11, 1559

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1559: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 15 » Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
  • April 3 » The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
  • May 2 » John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
  • June 30 » King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
  • August 22 » Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
  • December 25 » Pope Pius IV is elected.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1533 » Lucas van Leyden, Dutch artist (b. 1494)
• 1555 » Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (b. 1494)
• 1588 » Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter (b. 1532)
• 1604 » Horio Tadauji, Japanese daimyō (b. 1578)
• 1616 » Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter (b. 1548)
• 1631 » Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian priest, lexicographer, and academic (b. 1579)