West-Europese adel » Willem van Loon (1604-1645)

Christening day June 13, 1604

• 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 1604: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 24 » Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
  • September 1 » Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
  • October 9 » Supernova 1604 is sighted, the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.
  • October 17 » Kepler's Supernova is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
  • November 1 » William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.

Day of marriage October 6, 1637

• 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 1637: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 15 » Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
  • February 18 » Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
  • May 26 » Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.
  • September 29 » 42-year-old Lorenzo Ruiz dies.

Day of death June 20, 1645

• 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 1645: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 10 » Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at the Tower of London.
  • June 14 » English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
  • July 2 » Battle of Alford: Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
  • July 10 » English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
  • September 13 » Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Scottish Royalists are defeated by Covenanters at the Battle of Philiphaugh.
  • September 24 » The Battle of Rowton Heath is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.

Day of burial June 25, 1645

• 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 1645: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 2 » Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Inverlochy.
  • May 20 » Yangzhou massacre: The ten day massacre of 800,000 residents of the city of Yangzhou, part of the Transition from Ming to Qing.
  • June 14 » English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
  • August 3 » Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • August 13 » Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro.
  • October 8 » Jeanne Mance open the first lay hospital in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1668 » Heinrich Roth, German missionary and scholar (b. 1620)
• 1776 » Benjamin Huntsman, English businessman (b. 1704)
• 1787 » Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer (b. 1723)
• 1800 » Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and academic (b. 1719)