Alternative names: Willem Douglas, Sir William Douglas of Lochleven, 6th Earl of Morton 15 S, William Douglas, Sir William Douglas of Lochleven, 6th Earl of Morton
He was born on July 2, 1539 in Lochleven Castle, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.Sources 1, 2
Alternative: He was born in the year 1540 in Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, ÉCOSSE, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.Source 1
Alternative: He was born on July 2, 1539 in Lochleven Castle, Scotland.Sources 1, 2
Alternative: He was born in the year 1539 in Castle Lochleven, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.Sources 1, 2
He died on September 27, 1606 in Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, he was 67 years old.Sources 1, 2
Alternative: He died on September 27, 1606 in Castle, Dumfries-shire, ÉCOSSE, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, he was 67 years old.Source 1
Alternative: He died on September 24, 1606 in Castle Lochleven, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, he was 67 years old.Sources 1, 2
Household of Sir William Willem Douglas of Lochleven, 6th Earl of Morton 12 S
April 27 » Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
May 30 » In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
June 3 » Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
June 10 » Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
October 6 » Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.
January 27 » Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
January 31 » Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James.
April 10 » The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
April 12 » The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
December 19 » The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
December 20 » The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
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