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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
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich
English admiral
Johan De Witt
Johan De Witt
Dutch statesman
Jacob van Heemskerck
Dutch explorer
Piet Heyn
Dutch admiral
George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth
British admiral
Sir George Downing
English diplomat
Sir William Penn
British admiral
Frederik de Houtman
Dutch explorer
Cornelis de Houtman
Dutch explorer
William I
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
Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, count of Nassau
prince of Orange
Peter Minuit
Peter Minuit
Dutch colonial governor
Pieter Geyl
Dutch historian
John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice Of Nassau
count of Nassau-Siegen
William Louis
stadholder of Friesland