Frans Banninck Cocq | Timeline

Frans Banninck Cocq (sometimes incorrectly spelled as Banning) (1605–1655) was a burgemeester (mayor) of Amsterdam in the mid-17th century. He is best known as the central figure in Rembrandt's masterpiece "The Night Watch". (Intro from Wikipedia)

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February 23, 1605 - Amsterdam - Frans Banninck Cocq is born

February 27, 1605 - Amsterdam - Frans Banninck Cocq is baptized (a scandal, because his parents, Jan Jansz Cock and Lysbeth Frans, were not married

September 17, 1605 - Amsterdam - Jan Jansz Cock and Lysbeth Frans notice their marriage at the Town Hall
April 24, 1607 - Haarlem - His brother Jan Cocq is born
September 1(?), 1623 - Amsterdam - His mother Lijsbeth dies, aged 42
June 1, 1625 - Poitiers, France - Arrives at Poitiers, France, to study Law
April 26, 1626 - Saumur, France - Visit to Saumur
September 16, 1626 - Poitiers - Departs from Bourges
November 15, 1626 - Bourges - Moves to Bourges to continue his studies
April 16, 1627 - Bourges - Departs from Bourges
January(?) 1(?), 1630(?) - Amsterdam - Frans Banninck Cocq returns to Amsterdam as a Doctor in Law

April 23, 1630 - Amsterdam - Marries Maria Overlander van Purmerland

October 18, 1630 - The Hague - Volkert Overlander, his father-in-law and one of the founders of the East India Company, dies. Banninck Cock inherits his properties, including a canal house, the castle of Ilpenstein north of Amsterdam along with the title Lord of Purmerland and Ilpendam =(START)

The Night watch, 1642 (Rembrandt)

January(?) 1(?), 1632 - Amsterdam(?) - Commissioner of the college of marital affairs

January(?) 1(?), 1633 - Amsterdam(?) - Commissioner of the college of marital affairs
August 22, 1633 - Amsterdam - His father, Jan Jansz Cock dies, aged 58
January(?) 1(?), 1634 - Amsterdam - Becomes member of the City Council

January(?) 1(?), 1635 - Amsterdam - Lieutenant of the militia of district I and captain of district II (until 1646)

January(?) 1(?), 1636 - Amsterdam - Commissioner of the college of marital affairs
January(?) 1(?), 1638 - Amsterdam - Frans Banninck Cocq orders a painting of his company of Civic Guards from Rembrandt, to decorate a wall of the main hall on the first floor in the new headquarters of the City's "Schutterij"(Civic Guard) at the Kloveniers Voorburgwal.

Banninck Cocq (on the left) with
the Amsterdam archery Militia, 1653

January(?) 1(?), 1642 - Amsterdam - Rembrandt completes the "Night watch"" for Frans Banninck Cocq

January(?) 1(?), 1646 - Amsterdam - Promoted to Colonel

January(?) 1(?), 1648 - Amsterdam - Holds the function of governor of the Amsterdam "longbowmen's shooting range"

January(?) 1(?), 1650 - Amsterdam - Appointed Burgemeester (Mayor) of Amsterdam

January(?) 1(?), 1653 - Amsterdam - Frans Banninck Cocq is re-elected as Burgemeester of Amsterdam

January 6, 1655 - Amsterdam - Frans Banninck Cocq dies, aged 49 =(END)

Bibliography
MEE Jr. Charles L. - "Rembrandt: A life"