Abraham Quackenbosch
Spouse
Gerritje Haring
Gerritje Haring
1544 - 1635
Children
Pieter Janszoon Quackenbosch
Pieter J Quackenbosch
1590 - 1651

1545

1545 • In Ming Dynasty China a large failure of the harvest in Henan province occurs due to excessive rainfall, which drives up the price of wheat and forces many to flee their rural counties; those who stay behind are forced to survive by eating leaves, bark, and human flesh.

1611


Age: 66y
1611 • The English explorer and sea captain Henry Hudson, his teenage son John, and six crewmen are set adrift in or near Hudson Bay after a mutiny on his ship Discovery. They are never seen again.

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