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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 • Andrés de Urdaneta and a few companions arrive in Lisbon, completing a circumnavigation which began with de Loaísa's expedition of 1525. |
1558
Age: 22y
marriageBarbe De Beaufremez France ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1558 • The city of Tartu, capital of the Bishopric of Dorpat (in modern-day Estonia) surrenders to Russia. |
1560
Age: 24y
birth of childJacques Louis Wallerund Du Bois |
| 1560 • Solihull School is founded in the West Midlands of England. |
1564
Age: 28y
birth of childLouis Du Bois |
| 1564 • Spanish Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi sails from Mexico. Later, he will conquer the Philippine Islands, founding Manila. |
1566
Age: 30y
birth of childJean Du Bois |
| 1566 • The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. |
1568
Age: 32y
birth of childPierre Du Bois Herseaux, West Flanders, Belgium ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1568 • The Swedish king Eric XIV is deposed by his half-brothers John and Charles. John proclaims himself king John III the next day. |
1607
Age: 71y
| 1607 • Jamestown: The Fort is pallisadoed: "we laboured, pallozadoing our fort" [Gabriel Archer (Arber)]. |
burialWicres Departement du Nord Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ⇓ At the Saint-Vaast Churchyard. 1 Source ⇓ |