1959 Death Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78 1952 Death Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64 1947 Event British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan 1947 Event Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India 1944 Death Abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at 70 1942 Death Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43 1940 Event Pietro Badoglio resigns as viceroy of Ethiopia 1933 Death Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of Brit-Ind (1916-21), dies at 64 1932 Event British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi and Nehru 1931 Event Gandhi and British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact 1901 Death Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader and viceroy of Tsheli, dies 1898 Birthday Amedeo duke of Aosta, viceroy of Ethiopia/Governor-General of Italian East-Africa 1892 Death Tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies at 39 1889 Death Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies 1882 Birthday Rodolfo Graziani, Italian marschal/viceroy of Ethiopia 1879 Death WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Netherlands/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 1879 Death Don Joaquin BF Espartero, Field Marshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 1874 Birthday 'Abbas Hilmi II, last khedive, Ottoman viceroy, of Egypt, 1892-1914 1868 Birthday Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India, 1916-21 1862 Death Charles J Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49 1854 Death Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41 1852 Birthday Tewfik Pasja, khedive, viceroy, of Egypt 1849 Death Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies 1823 Birthday Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton 1819 Death F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V, dies at 48 1812 Birthday Charles J Canning, English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies 1809 Birthday Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy, Elzas-Lutherian 1806 Birthday Omar Pasha, Michael Lats, Croatian governor/viceroy of Bosnia/Iraq 1795 Event Governor/viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England 1770 Birthday F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V and Wilhelmina of Prussia 1747 Event Willem IV appointed viceroy of Overijssel 1747 Event Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht 1747 Event Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand 1738 Birthday Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon/viceroy of Hungary/Netherlands 1731 Event Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Friesland 1730 Event Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe 1729 Event Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Gelderland 1729 Event Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Groningen 1722 Event Willem KH Friso (11) appointed viceroy of Gelderland 1710 Event Johan Willem Friso becomes viceroy of Groningen, Netherlands 1709 Event Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa 1708 Event Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Groningen 1707 Event Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Friesland 1692 Death Carlos de Gurrea, Spanish viceroy (Spanish Netherlands), dies 1691 Event Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands 1675 Event Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Gelderland 1674 Death Rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66 1672 Event Prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand 1664 Death Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51 1664 Event Viceroy Willem Frederik conquerors Dijlerschans 1657 Event Treaty of Raalte: Willem II no longer viceroy of Overijssel 1654 Event Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Overijssel 1650 Event Viceroy Willem II and Amsterdam reach accord about standing army 1647 Event Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland 1641 Death Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 1639 Event Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England 1633 Event Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg 1632 Event Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Groningen 1632 Event Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Drenthe 1625 Event Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe 1625 Event Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen 1625 Event Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand 1625 Event Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland 1625 Event Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels 1617 Event Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay) 1593 Birthday Thomas Wentworth, London, earl of Strafford/Viceroy of Ireland 1593 Event William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe 1590 Event States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht 1589 Death Adolf van Nieuwenaar and Meurs, viceroy of Utrecht, dies in battle 1587 Death Michael Lauterbeck, assassinated Fries viceroy Willem Louis, executed 1586 Death Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, viceroy of Naples (1571-75), dies at 69 1585 Death Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57 1584 Event Willem Louis of Nassau appointed viceroy of Friesland 1584 Event Earl Adolf van Nieuwenaar/Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland 1581 Death Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies 1578 Death Charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies 1576 Death Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Netherlands (1573-76), dies at 70 1575 Event Spanish viceroy Gilles of Hierges attacks Oudewater 1574 Death Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies 1572 Event Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht 1570 Event Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew" 1561 Event William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais 1559 Birthday Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria/cardinal/viceroy of Portugal 1559 Event Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht 1544 Death Rene van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 1540 Death George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen 1538 Death Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg and Dietz, viceroy of Holland, dies 1538 Event States of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy 1530 Death Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies 1524 Death Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 1517 Birthday Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples, 1571-75 1516 Death John III van Egmont, Manke John, viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 1515 Death Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies 1515 Death Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies 1514 Birthday Maximilian of Burgundy, viceroy of Holland 1510 Death Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49 1510 Death Francisco d'Almeida, viceroy of India, dies in battle at about 59 1508 Death Henry van Stolberg and Wernigerode, Germany viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41 1507 Birthday Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Netherlands, 1566-73 1495 Event French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders 1493 Death Philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies 1493 Death John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Netherlands/Zealand, dies at 82 1483 Birthday Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland 1467 Birthday Henry van Stolberg and Wernigerode, German gov/viceroy of Frisia 1456 Death Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies 1451 Birthday Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg 1438 Birthday John III van Egmont, Manke John, viceroy of Holland 1417 Death Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies 1381 Death John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies 9 Death Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59
