Stephenson Family Tree » Sir John Bourne, Bronson II (1590-1633)

Christening day November 23, 1600

• 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 1600: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 17 » On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.
  • February 19 » The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
  • March 20 » The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
  • August 23 » Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
  • October 6 » Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
  • October 21 » Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.

Day of marriage February 11, 1622

• 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 1622: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 12 » Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Society of Jesus, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
  • March 22 » Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
  • April 22 » The Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ends Portuguese control of Hormuz Island.
  • June 24 » Battle of Macau: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture Macau.
  • December 18 » Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola.
  • December 22 » The town of Bucaramanga, Colombia, is founded by Andres Paes de Sotomayor.

Day of death January 17, 1633

• 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 1633: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 13 » Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
  • March 1 » Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
  • June 18 » Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.
  • June 22 » The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
  • October 22 » The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1598 » Feodor I of Russia (b. 1557)
• 1617 » Fausto Veranzio, Croatian bishop and lexicographer (b. 1551)
• 1705 » John Ray, English botanist and historian (b. 1627)
• 1718 » Benjamin Church, American colonel (b. 1639)
• 1737 » Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)