Stephenson Family Tree » Thomas Grieb (1583-1634)

Christening day February 12, 1583

• Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1583: Source: Wikipedia
  • August 5 » Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • December 17 » Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.

Day of marriage January 22, 1611

• 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 1611: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 28 » Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.
  • May 2 » The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
  • June 23 » The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again.
  • October 29 » Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa.
  • November 1 » Shakespeare's play The Tempest is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.

Day of death September 1, 1634

• Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1634: Source: Wikipedia
  • July 4 » The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
  • August 18 » Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
  • September 6 » Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
  • September 12 » A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
  • October 11 » The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
  • November 11 » Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1599 » Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (b.1565)
• 1615 » Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (b. 1529)
• 1646 » Francis Windebank, English statesman (b. 1582)
• 1648 » Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1588)
• 1678 » Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (b. 1601)
• 1685 » Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1625)