Brief Life History of Lodewyck
Lodewyck Hornbeck was born in 1607, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.
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1607 · English Reformed Church is Opened
A Catholic church building had been confiscated during the reformation, then was closed by the city council during the 16th century. This same building was reopened in 1607 for English-speaking Protestants. It is now known as the English Reformed Church.
1609
English navigator Henry Hudson, under contract to the United East India Company, sails from Amsterdam and "discovers"Manhattan Island and the future site of New York.
1609
Henry Hudson sailed into the river that now bears his name. English explorer Henry Hudson sailed into the river that now bears his name. Hudson sailed for the Dutch East India Company in search of the Northwest Passage, a water route linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, when he sailed up the present-day Hudson River.
Name Meaning
Variant of Hornback , a surname of German origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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