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Personal data John Knatchbull 


Household of John Knatchbull

He is married to Elizabeth Scott.

They got married on November 6, 1587 at Smeeth, Kent, England.

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Historical events

Christening day July 29, 1565

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1565: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » Battle of Talikota, fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Deccan sultanates, leads to the subjugation, and eventual destruction of the last Hindu kingdom in India, and the consolidation of Islamic rule over much of the Indian subcontinent.
    • May 18 » The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta.
    • June 23 » Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta.
    • July 29 » The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland.
    • September 8 » St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
    • October 18 » Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.

Day of burial January 26, 1587

  • 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 1587: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 8 » Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
    • July 22 » Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
    • October 31 » Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.

About the surname Knatchbull


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Brian K. Stephenson , "Stephenson Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stephenson-family-tree/I56978.php : accessed May 3, 2025), "John Knatchbull (1565-1587)".