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Michiel de Ruyter: Quick Facts

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Born March 24, 1607 • Vlissingen • Netherlands
Died April 29, 1676 (aged 69) • Syracuse • Italy
Role In Anglo-Dutch Wars • Battle of Texel • Raid on the Medway

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Cornelis Tromp, detail of an oil painting by Sir Peter Lely and Willem van de Velde; in the Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam
Cornelis Tromp
Dutch admiral
Maarten Tromp
Maarten Tromp
Dutch admiral
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Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich
English admiral
Johan De Witt
Johan De Witt
Dutch statesman
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Jacob van Heemskerck
Dutch naval commander and merchant
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Piet Heyn
Dutch admiral
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George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth
British admiral
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Sir George Downing
English diplomat
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Sir William Penn
British admiral
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Cornelis de Houtman
Dutch explorer
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Frederik de Houtman
Dutch explorer
Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange, by Adriaen Thomasz Key. He wears a dark embroidered coat, a white ruff collar, and a black cap, with a trimmed beard and mustache.
William I
stadholder of United Provinces of The Netherlands
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
Maurice, prince of Orange
Maurice
stadholder of The Netherlands
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Dutch merchant and statesman
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Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, count of Nassau
prince of Orange
Peter Minuit
Peter Minuit
Dutch colonial governor
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Pieter Geyl
Dutch historian
John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice Of Nassau
count of Nassau-Siegen
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William Louis
stadholder of Friesland