West-Europese adel » Johan Frederik van Saksen (1538-1565)

Personal data Johan Frederik van Saksen 

  • He was born on January 16, 1538 in Torgau aan de Elbe, Saksen.
  • He died on October 31, 1565 in Jena, Thüringen, he was 27 years old.
  • He is buried in Weimar, Thüringen.
  • A child of Johan Frederik I Wettin Hertog van Saksen and Sybille van Kleef
  • This information was last updated on February 15, 2013.

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Birthday January 16, 1538

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1538: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 24 » Treaty of Nagyvárad between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and King John Zápolya of Hungary and Croatia.
    • May 26 » Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
    • July 25 » The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.
    • September 28 » Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
    • October 28 » The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.
    • December 17 » Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.

Day of death October 31, 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.
    • June 23 » Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta.
    • August 28 » Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
    • September 8 » St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
    • September 8 » The Knights of Malta lift the Ottoman siege of Malta that began on May 18.
    • 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.


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