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Also known as Signeur de Bourse. The du Bois name is of fuedal origin. The name is related to Count de Roussey [c 1110] whose ancestors added the title of du Bois to their patronymic. It is an old name in Neustria , before the time of Rollo . Neustria is the western part of the Frankish Merovingian Kingdom .
1536
| 1536 • Various religious buildings are closed as part of Henry VIII of England's dissolution of the monasteries, including |
1558
Age: 22y
marriageBarbe De Beaufremez France ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1558 • Queen Elizabeth grants rest and refreshment to pilgrims and travellers who pass by the Holy Well Spring, Malvern. |
1560
Age: 24y
birth of childJacques Louis Wallerund Du Bois |
| 1560 • The first tulip bulb is brought from Constantinople to the Netherlands (probable date). |
1564
Age: 28y
birth of childLouis Du Bois |
| 1564 • French settlers abandon Charlesfort, the first French attempt at colonizing what is now the United States, and establish Fort Caroline in Florida. |
1566
Age: 30y
birth of childJean Du Bois |
| 1566 • The Compromise of Nobles is presented to Margaret of Parma, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, but succeeds only in delaying the beginning of the Eighty Years' War in the Netherlands. |
1568
Age: 32y
birth of childPierre Du Bois Herseaux, West Flanders, Belgium ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1568 • Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle. |
1607
Age: 71y
| 1607 • San Agustin Church, Manila, is officially completed; it is currently the oldest church in the Philippines |
burialWicres Departement du Nord Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ⇓ At the Saint-Vaast Churchyard. 1 Source ⇓ |