West-Europese adel » Johan Steven de Famars (1580-1633)

Christening day April 25, 1580

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1580: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 6 » One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.
  • July 12 » The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
  • August 25 » War of the Portuguese Succession: Spanish victory at the Battle of Alcântara brings about the Iberian Union.
  • September 26 » Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
  • October 10 » Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.
  • November 10 » After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 people, including papal soldiers and civilians, at Dún an Óir, Ireland.

Day of marriage August 25, 1607

• 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 1607: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 19 » San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
  • January 30 » An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
  • April 25 » Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
  • April 26 » English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
  • May 24 » One hundred English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America.
  • October 5 » Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.

Day of death September 4, 1633

• 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 1633: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 13 » Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
  • March 1 » Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
  • June 18 » Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.
  • June 22 » The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
  • October 22 » The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1537 » Johann Dietenberger, German theologian and translator (b. 1475)
• 1571 » Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, English nobleman (b. 1516)
• 1588 » Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk (b. 1532)
• 1625 » Thomas Smythe, English diplomat (b. 1558)
• 1676 » John Ogilby, Scottish-born impresario and cartographer (b. 1600)
• 1767 » Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1725)