West-Europese adel » Hedwig van Brandenburg (1540-1602)

Personal data Hedwig van Brandenburg 


Household of Hedwig van Brandenburg

She is married to Julius Vorst van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel.

They got married on February 25, 1560 at Keulen aan de Spree, Berlijn, she was 19 years old.


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Birthday March 2, 1540

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1540: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 6 » King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
    • March 23 » Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
    • May 9 » Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
    • August 15 » Arequipa, Peru is founded.
    • September 27 » The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
    • October 18 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.

Day of marriage February 25, 1560

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1560: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 27 » The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland.
    • March 17 » Fort Coligny on Villegagnon Island in Rio de Janeiro is attacked and destroyed during the Portuguese campaign against France Antarctique.
    • July 6 » The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
    • August 17 » The Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland.
    • December 5 » Charles IX becomes king of France.

Day of death October 21, 1602

  • 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 1602: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 20 » The Dutch East India Company is established.
    • November 8 » The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
    • December 11 » A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.


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