West-Europese adel » John Gordon Earl van Sutherland (1576-1615)

Personal data John Gordon Earl van Sutherland 


Household of John Gordon Earl van Sutherland

He is married to Agnes Elphinstone.

They got married on February 1, 1600, he was 23 years old.


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Birthday July 20, 1576

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1576: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 8 » Spanish explorer Diego García de Palacio first sights the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copán.
    • March 25 » Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
    • July 11 » While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".
    • August 8 » The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.
    • November 4 » Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).
    • November 8 » Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.

Day of marriage February 1, 1600

  • 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 1600: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 17 » On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.
    • February 19 » The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
    • March 20 » The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
    • August 23 » Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
    • October 6 » Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
    • December 31 » The British East India Company is chartered.

Day of death September 11, 1615

  • 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 1615: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 21 » The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.
    • June 2 » The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
    • June 4 » Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.


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