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Born January 8, 1587 • Hoorn • Netherlands
Died September 21, 1629 (aged 42) • Jakarta • Indonesia
Title / Office governor-general (1617-1629), Dutch East Indies
Role In Amboina Massacre

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Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Statue of Jan Pieterszoon Coen, facing the Noorder Church, Hoorn, Neth.
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Anthony van Diemen
Dutch colonial administrator
Joan Maetsuyker
Dutch statesman
Cornelis Janszoon Speelman
governor general of Dutch East Indies
Dirk van Hogendorp
Dutch statesman
Sebastian Cornelius Nederburgh
Dutch statesman
Pieter Both
Dutch statesman
Frederik de Houtman
Dutch explorer
Cornelis de Houtman
Dutch explorer
Peter Minuit
Peter Minuit
Dutch colonial governor
John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice Of Nassau
count of Nassau-Siegen
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant
Dutch colonial governor
Gustaaf Willem, baron van Imhoff
Dutch statesman
Jan van Riebeeck
Dutch colonial administrator
Isaac Dignus Fransen van de Putte
Dutch statesman
Godert Alexander Gerard Philip, baron van der Capellen
Dutch statesman
Wolter Robert, baron van Hoëvell
Dutch statesman
Johannes, count van den Bosch
Dutch statesman
Hendrick Zwaardecroon
governor general of Dutch East Indies
Simon de Graaff
Dutch statesman
Sukarno
Sukarno
president of Indonesia