Johannes Gysius

Johannes Gysius (c.1583–1652[1][2]) was a Dutch historian and minister.[2]

Gysius was born in Ostend, Belgium around 1583. He was married twice. His second wife was named Petronella Michiel Matthijsdr. The couple married in Dordrecht in South Holland on 8 August 1617. The couple had one daughter, named Sara. She was born in 1630 in Streefkerk.[1] His work Oorsprong en voortgang der Nederlandtscher beroerten (Origin and progress of the disturbances in the Netherlands) about the Dutch Revolt.[2] He died in 1652 in Streefkerk.[1]

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