Whitworth Tree » James William Patterson 11 S (1565-1623)

Birthday October 1, 1565

• Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1565: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 1 » The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
  • June 23 » Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta.
  • July 29 » The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • September 8 » St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
  • September 8 » The Knights of Malta lift the Ottoman siege of Malta that began on May 18.
  • October 18 » Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1575 » Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1531)
• 1588 » Henry I, duke of Guise (b. 1550)
• 1631 » Michael Drayton, English poet and playwright (b. 1563)
• 1638 » Barbara Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1552)
• 1646 » François Maynard, French poet and academic (b. 1582)
• 1652 » John Cotton, English minister and theologian (b. 1585)