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Zacharias Janssen

1610 to 1626 5 documented presences 5 places

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Zacharias Janssen; also Zacharias Jansen or Sacharias Jansen; 1585 – pre-1632) was a Dutch spectacle-maker who lived most of his life in Middelburg.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Zacharias Janssen was documented, and when

23 October 1610exact date
The Hagueattested “He stated he was born in The Hague on the marriage file of his first marriage, with Catharina de Haene, on October 23, 1610.” source: Wikipedia: Zacharias Janssen
1618year
Arnemuidenattested “The family had to move to Arnemuiden in 1618 after Zacharias's counterfeiting activities were exposed.” source: Wikipedia: Zacharias Janssen
1619 to 1621period
Middelburg, Zeelandattested “There Zacharias was again accused of counterfeiting in 1619, causing him to be on the move again, ending up back in Middelburg in 1621.” source: Wikipedia: Zacharias Janssen
1624year
Antwerpattested “A year after the death of Janssen's first wife in 1624, he married Anna Couget from Antwerp, who was the widow of a Willem Jansen (probably a relative of Janssen).” source: Wikipedia: Zacharias Janssen
November 1626month
Amsterdamattested “He moved to Amsterdam in November 1626 with a profession of a spectacle maker, but was bankrupt by 1628.” source: Wikipedia: Zacharias Janssen

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Places Zacharias Janssen is documented in

Amsterdam1 presence · 1626Antwerp1 presence · 1624The Hague1 presence · 1610
Arnemuiden1 presence · 1618
Middelburg, Zeeland1 presence · 1619

Other places tied to Zacharias Janssen in the record

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1590 to 1618period
Middelburg, Zeelandmentioned “Over the years there have been claims Zacharias Janssen invented the telescope and/or the microscope in Middelburg between 1590 and 1618.” source: Wikipedia: Zacharias Janssen
1610year
Middelburg, Zeelandmentioned “He had a local magistrate in Middelburg follow up on a 45 year old recollection of a spectacle maker named "Hans" who told a young Boreel in 1610 about inventing the telescope.” source: Wikipedia: Zacharias Janssen
1621year
Middelburg, Zeelandmentioned “Janssen returned to Middelburg in 1621.” source: Wikipedia: Zacharias Janssen

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