Walker Family Tree » John Frost (1540-1609)

Day of marriage January 29, 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 death March 5, 1609

• 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 1609: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 9 » Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
  • May 23 » Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
  • July 25 » The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.
  • July 30 » Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies.
  • August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
  • September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.

Day of burial February 9, 1610

• 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 1610: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 7 » Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.
  • May 14 » Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.
  • July 4 » The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish–Muscovite War.
  • July 5 » John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
  • August 2 » During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
  • August 9 » The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1534 » Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter and educator (b. 1489)
• 1539 » Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese admiral and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (b. 1487)
• 1599 » Guido Panciroli, Italian historian and jurist (b. 1523)
• 1611 » Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1533)
• 1622 » Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
• 1695 » Henry Wharton, English writer and librarian (b. 1664)