Timeline: Hinrich Willinck

Achterhoek Ancestors

Abt 1540 -

	Date	Event(s)
1	1552	1552: A fire in the village of Winterswijk destroys many houses. At least one person, a disabled carpenter named Engelbert Bonninck, dies in the fire.
2	1559	1559: The new bishopric of Deventer is formed, which includes Bredevoort.
3	1560	1560: De gebroeders Slegel maken een orgel voor de Helenakerk in Aalten.
4	1562	1562: The lords of Anholt pawn the manor of Bredevoort.
5	1586	1586: Bredevoort is troubled by witches. Several witch trials are conducted. One witch dies during torture without confessing her crimes.
6	1597	1597: Bredevoort is captured for the Dutch Republic by Maurits of Orange.
7	1599	1599: Pastor Rauwerts holds a speech supporting the reformation. Ever since, the Dutch Reformed religion has been the dominant religion in the region.
8	1606	1606: The Spanish try to recapture Bredevoort. They capture the town, but not the castle. The Dutch Republican troops reclaim the town.
9	1610	1610: Willem ten Oistendarp from De Heurne, Dinxperlo and Berend Swenen from Barlo, Aalten fail the water test and are sentenced to death for witchcraft.
10	1611	1611: At the order of the bishop, many anabaptists flee Münster. Several families settle in Winterswijk.
11	1612	1612: The Nassaus pawn the manor of Bredevoort.
12	1626	1626: Around 1626, Hendrickje Stoffels is born in Bredevoort. She would later become the mistress and model of the famous painter Rembrandt van Rijn.
13	1627	1627: The nearby town of Groenlo is conquered by the Dutch Republican troops and remains Dutch thereafter.
14	1636	1636: The plague strikes the area. Several people die of this 'black death'.
15	1646	1646: Lightning strikes the gunpowder tower of the Bredevoort castle. The entire castle and several houses in the vicinity are destroyed. Several people, including the sheriff, are killed.
16	1648	1648: All the church bells ring in celebration of the peace of Münster, which ends the Dutch War of Independence.