Elizabeth Bacon, English Tudor gentlewoman (b. 1541)
Elizabeth Bacon (c. 1541 – 3 May 1621) was an English aristocrat. She is presumed to have been the Lady Neville of My Ladye Nevells Booke, an important manuscript of keyboard music by William Byrd, which was compiled in 1591. She was the daughter of Queen Elizabeth's Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Sir Nicholas Bacon, by his first wife, Jane Ferneley (d. 1552). She was, successively, the wife of Sir Robert D'Oylie, the courtier Sir Henry Neville, and the judge Sir William Peryam.
1621May, 3
Elizabeth Bacon (died 1621)
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- 17Feb
Plymouth Colony
Myles Standish is appointed as first military commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America. - 16Mar
Plymouth Colony
Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset." - 22Mar
Wampanoag people
The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. - 21Jun
Battle of White Mountain
Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.