Swartz/Rand Family Tree » Sir John LEIGH Knight (± 1452-1523)

Personal data Sir John LEIGH Knight 

Source 1
  • He was born about 1452 in Stockwell, Lambeth, Surrey, England.Source 1
  • (FamilySearch ID) : LVLH-G5X.
  • He died on August 17, 1523 in England.Source 1
  • This information was last updated on September 18, 2019.

Household of Sir John LEIGH Knight

He is married to Isabel WORSLEY.

They got married

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Sources

  1. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch , FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accessed 3 Jun 2019), entry for John Leigh, person ID LVLH-G5X.

Historical events

Day of death August 17, 1523

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1523: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 20 » Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
    • June 6 » Swedish regent Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden and, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day.
    • June 9 » The Parisian Faculty of Theology fines Simon de Colines for publishing the Biblical commentary Commentarii initiatorii in quatuor Evangelia by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples.
    • June 10 » Copenhagen is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city will not recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark.
    • July 1 » Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels.


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