♀ Gerritje Haring

1544 - 1635

Gerritje Haring
Spouse
Abraham Quackenbosch
Abraham Quackenbosch
1545 - 1611
Children
Pieter Janszoon Quackenbosch
Pieter J Quackenbosch
1590 - 1651

1544

1544 Portuguese explorers encounter the island of Taiwan and call it Ilha Formosa ("Beautiful Island").

1635


Oct 20
Age: 91y
1635 Rhode Island founder Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident, after speaking out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.

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