1574
| 1574 • The city of Leiden, besieged by the Spanish, is relieved by a Sea Beggars fleet under Louis Boisot. |
1591
Jan 15
Age: 17y
marriagePieter Jans Van Deursen Haarlem, Holland ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1591 • The Rialto Bridge in Venice, designed by Antonio da Ponte, is completed. |
1607
Nov 11
Age: 33y
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birth of childAbraham Pietersen Van Deusen Haarlem, Holland ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1607 • The ship Gift of God of the Plymouth Company arrives at the mouth of the modern-day Kennebec River in Maine. English colonists establish a Fort St. George, also known as the Popham Colony. The settlement lasts little more than a year, before residents return to England in the first ocean going ship built in the New World, a 30-ton pinnace called The Virginia. |