West-Europese adel » Johan Vrijheer Wachtmeister van Björkö (1609-1652)

Personal data Johan Vrijheer Wachtmeister van Björkö 


Household of Johan Vrijheer Wachtmeister van Björkö

He is married to Agnes Margaretha van Helmstatt.

They got married on March 18, 1634, he was 24 years old.


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Notes about Johan Vrijheer Wachtmeister van Björkö

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Historical events

Birthday September 9, 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 4 » Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.
    • 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 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 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
    • September 13 » Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.

Day of marriage March 18, 1634

  • 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 1634: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 4 » The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
    • August 18 » Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
    • September 6 » Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
    • September 12 » A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
    • October 11 » The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
    • November 11 » Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.

Day of death July 23, 1652

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1652: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 6 » At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
    • May 18 » Slavery in Rhode Island is abolished, although the law is not rigorously enforced.
    • June 20 » Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
    • August 16 » Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
    • September 7 » Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
    • December 10 » Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.


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