Dutch History Timeline (Part 2)

Events 201 - 400 of 1,791

• 1626-05-04 Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands
• 1626-05-06 Dutch colonist Peter Minuit organizes the purchase of Manhattan Island from Native Americans for 60 guilders worth of goods, believed to have been Canarsee Indians of the Lenape
• 1626-08-01 Dutch Count Ernest Casimir I, Duke of Nassau-Dietz conquers Oldenzaal

• 1627-06-10 Dutch privateer Piet Heyn attacks Portuguese ships in the Bay of All Saints, Brazil
• 1628-09-08 Dutch privateer Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet in the Bay of Matanzas, Cuba
• 1629-06-04 Dutch East India ship Batavia wrecks on Morning Reef off the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, with 200 survivors (only 70 survive after three months due to mutiny and murders) [1]
• 1629-09-24 Jacques Specx appointed governor-general of Dutch-Indies
• 1629-10-13 Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies
• 1630-02-14 Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco, Brazil
• 1631-11-04 Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of South Netherlands

• 1633-10-22 Battle of Liaoluo Bay: Dutch East India Company defeated by Chinese Ming naval forces in southern Fujian sea
• 1634-04-06 Heeren XIX (the directors of the Dutch West India Company) ask "to secure Eylands Curacao"
• 1634-07-29 Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curacao
• 1634-10-11 Burchardi flood - "the second Grote Mandrenke" kills about 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany
• 1636-04-29 Prince Frederick Henry occupies Schenkenschans fortress after a nine-month siege during the Dutch Revolt
• 1636-08-04 Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil
• 1636-11-17 Brazilian general Henrique Dias wins a decisive battle against the Dutch in Brazil
• 1637-01-23 Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco, Brazil
• 1638-01-03 Dutch Premier Van Joost speaks of "Hostage rights of Aemstel"
• 1638-08-09 Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx
• 1641-01-14 Dutch East India Company conquers the city of Malacca, 7,000 killed
• 1641-12-06 Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands
• 1642-03-09 English Queen Henriette Maria arrives in Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands

• 1642-12-13 Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sights the South Island of present day New Zealand; initially he calls it Staten Landt and changes it a year later to Nieuw Zeeland [1]
• 1643-02-25 Pavonia Massacre: Dutch US colonists kill 120 Algonquin Native Americans at Communipaw (New Jersey)
• 1644-02-29 Abel Tasman sets out on his second exploratory expedition for the VOC to the southern Pacific from Banda, in the Moluccas, with three ships (will chart northern coast of New Holland / Australia) [1]
• 1644-09-05 Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange conquers Sas van Gent and absorbs it into the Dutch Republic
• 1645-08-30 Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty in New Amsterdam (NY)
• 1646-05-30 Spain & Netherlands sign temporary cease fire
• 1647-05-23 William II Prince of Orange sworn in as Stadtholder of Holland
• 1648-01-30 Spain & Netherlands sign Peace of Munster, ending the Thirty Years' War
• 1648-05-15 Treaty of Munster ratified by Spain & Netherlands
• 1648-11-11 Dutch & French agree to divide St Maarten, Leeward Islands

• 1650-04-20 Dutch East India Company (VOC) management sets new guidelines
• 1650-08-03 Dutch Stadtholder William II and Amsterdam reach accord about a standing army

• 1652-07-06 Fire on Dutch Dam (Amsterdam's city hall burns)
• 1652-07-10 England declares war on The Netherlands - beginning of the 1st Anglo-Dutch war
• 1652-08-26 Battle of Plymouth: General-at-Sea George Ayscue of the Commonwealth of England attacked a convoy of the Dutch Republic commanded by Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter. Dutch victory
• 1652-09-07 Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English
• 1652-09-28 English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock
• 1652-12-10 Sea battle at Dungeness: Dutch Lt Admiral Maarten Tromp defeats an English fleet led by Robert Blake
• 1653-02-20 Defeat of Dutch fleet under Adm Van Tromp by Admiral Blake off Portsmouth
• 1653-02-28 -Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beat Dutch
• 1653-03-04 Dutch commodore Johan van Galen leads a Dutch fleet to victory against an English naval force at the Battle of Leghorn (Livorno) during the Anglo Dutch wars, later dies from his wounds on March 23
• 1653-06-12 - 13] First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of the Gabbard/ Battle at North Foreland, English fleet beats the Dutch
• 1653-07-30 Johan de Witt sworn in as the Grand Pensionary of Holland
• 1653-08-10 Battle of Scheveningen: Final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War, English fleet defeats a Dutch fleet led by Maarten Tromp who himself is killed by a sharpshooter in the rigging of William Penn's ship
• 1653-08-15 -16] Dutch ship "Sperwer" stranded at Tsjedzjoe, Korea

• 1654-01-07 Fire after heavy storm destroys two thirds of De Rijp, Netherlands, 1 person dies
• 1654-01-26 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
• 1654-04-15 England & Netherlands sign peace treaty
• 1654-10-12 The Delft Explosion (gunpowder) devastates the city of Delft in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people
• 1655-04-26 Dutch West Indies Company denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam colony
• 1655-07-27 Netherlands and Brandenburg sign military treaty
• 1655-07-30 Dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram
• 1655-09-26 Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft Casimir from Swedish in Delaware
• 1655-12-04 Middelburg, Netherlands forbids building of synagogue
• 1656-01-08 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper, "Weeckelycke Courante van Europa", now known as "Haarlems Dagblad", still in printed circulation begins publication in Haarlem, Netherlands
• 1656-04-10 Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo, Ceylon

• 1656-12-25 Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christiaan Huygens creates the first pendulum clock

• 1658-06-23 Dutch troops occupy last Portuguese Fort at Jafnapatnam in Ceylon
• 1658-11-08 Battle of the Sound: Swedish fleet prevails over the Dutch fleet during the 2nd Northern War
• 1658-12-09 Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India
• 1659-05-22 France, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty
• 1659-05-31 Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague
• 1659-09-30 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in US)
• 1660-05-24 English king Charles II visits Netherlands
• 1661-04-30 Tsjeng Tsj'eng-Kung begins siege of Dutch fort Zeelandia, Formosa
• 1661-08-06 The Treaty of The Hague is signed whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) for 63 tonnes of gold to Portugal
• 1662-02-01 Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders to Chinese pirates
• 1662-04-27 Netherlands & France sign military covenant
• 1662-06-24 Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day)
• 1662-09-14 Netherlands & England sign peace treaty
• 1664-06-04 Dutch Stadtholder William Frederick conquers Dijlerschans
• 1664-07-23 4 British ships to drive Dutch out of NY, arrive in Boston
• 1664-09-08 Dutch surrender colony of New Netherlands (including New York) to 300 English soldiers
• 1664-09-24 Dutch Fort Orange (New Netherland) in present day Albany NY surrenders to the English

• 1665-05-05 Dutch politician Nicolaas Witsen visits the politically powerful Patriarch Nikon, head of the Russian Orthodox church in Moscow

• 1665-06-13 Battle of Lowestoft, off Suffolk, England: English fleet beats Dutch
• 1665-08-02 Battle of Vågen: English warships attack a Dutch merchant and treasure fleet in neutral Bergen, Norway. English forced to retreat after suffering 421 dead and wounded.
• 1666-02-16 Netherlands & Brandenburg sign treaty
• 1666-04-18 Peace of Kleef: Netherlands & bishop Von Galen of Munster
• 1666-06-04 Battle at Dunkirk: English vs Dutch fleet
• 1666-06-11 Four Days Battle - naval battle in the southern North Seas during Second Anglo-Dutch War: Dutch victory with ten English ships destroyed [OS 1-4 June]
• 1666-08-04 St James' Day naval battle is an English victory against the Dutch during Second Anglo-Dutch War off the Kent coast
• 1666-08-05 Second day of the St. James' Day Battle (Two Day Battle) English fleet defeat Dutch under Michiel de Ruyter
• 1666-08-09 Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
• 1666-10-25 Brandenburg, Brunswick, Denmark and The Netherlands form anti-French Quadruple Alliance
• 1667-02-28 English colony Suriname comes under Dutch controls
• 1667-03-31 France & England sign anti-Dutch military accord
• 1667-05-24 French troops attack into Southern Netherlands
• 1667-06-12 Raid on the Medway: Dutch fleet sails up the Medway destroying British naval ships and capturing the flagship HMS Royal Charles
• 1667-06-21 Raid of the Medway: Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies the town of Sheerness in England
• 1667-07-31 Peace of Breda: Second Anglo-Dutch War ends with Suriname exchanged for New Netherland (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Delaware)
• 1667-08-05 State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict
• 1668-01-23 England, Netherlands & Sweden sign Triple Alliance against French
• 1668-05-02 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1st peace of Aachen: ends War of Devolution, French-Spanish war in The Netherlands
• 1670-06-01 English King Charles II & French King Louis XIV sign secret anti-Dutch treaty
• 1670-07-25 Don Juan Domingo Zuniga y Fonseca becomes governor-general of Southern Netherlands

• 1671-11-11 Dutch States-General forbids importation of French wine
• 1672-04-06 France declares war on Netherlands
• 1672-04-29 Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands
• 1672-05-06 Brandenburg monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands
• 1672-06-07 Battle by Solebay: Dutch admiral Michael de Ruyter beats a French-English fleet
• 1672-06-12 French army under General Turenne crosses the Rhine at Lobith during the Dutch War
• 1672-06-21 Grand Pensionary of Holland Johan de Witt is seriously wounded by a knife-wielding assassin

• 1672-07-09 William III takes the oath of stadholder of the States of Holland
• 1672-07-16 William III becomes stadholder of Zeeland
• 1672-08-20 Former Grand Pensionary of Holland Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered and their livers supposedly cooked and eaten by an angry mob in The Hague
• 1673-02-21 Michiel de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet
• 1673-06-14 Battle at Schooneveld: Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter beats French and English fleet
• 1673-07-06 French troops conquer Maastricht as part of the Franco-Dutch War
• 1673-07-11 Netherlands & Denmark sign defense treaty
• 1673-08-08 Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC
• 1673-08-09 Dutch under Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674
• 1673-08-30 Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands & Lutherans form anti-French covenant
• 1673-11-12 Dutch troops under William of Orange occupy Bonn
• 1674-02-09 English reconquer NY from Netherlands
• 1674-02-19 Dutch Republic and England sign Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War; North American colony of New Netherland returned to British [OS date, 02-09 NS]
• 1674-04-22 Netherlands & Munster sign peace treaty
• 1674-05-11 Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty
• 1674-07-01 Spain, France & Netherlands form Triple Alliance

• 1674-08-11 Battle of at Seneffe: French force led by Louis, Grand Condé fights a combined Dutch, Imperial and Spanish force under William of Orange, both sides suffer heavy casualties with neither gaining a clear advantage
• 1674-11-10 Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (New York) to the English
• 1675-01-01 Don Carlos de Gurrea becomes Spanish land guardian of Southern Netherlands
• 1675-10-04 Dutch mathematician Christiaan Huygens patents the pocket watch
• 1676-04-22 Battle of Etna - Netherlands and Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded

• 1676-06-02 Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch and Spanish fleet
• 1676-06-11 Battle at Öland: Danish & Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden
• 1676-12-03 Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000
• 1677-02-15 King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands
• 1677-04-22 Battle at Catania: between French & Dutch fleet
• 1678-07-26 England and Netherlands sign Treaty of Alliance at the Hague, Netherlands, formalizing co-operative defense against France
• 1678-08-10 Netherlands & France sign peace treaty in Nijmegen
• 1679-12-27 Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java
• 1681-09-30 Netherlands & Sweden sign treaty
• 1682-10-19 English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland

• 1683-12-25 English Whig leader Duke of Monmouth flees to Holland
• 1685-12-30 Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of Southern Netherlands
• 1688-09-26 City council of Amsterdam votes to support Prince William of Orange's invasion of England, which became known as 'The Glorious Revolution' in the Netherlands
• 1688-11-26 French King Louis XIV declares war on Netherlands
• 1689-02-23 Dutch prince William III proclaimed King of England
• 1689-05-12 England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg
• 1689-05-17 English King William III declares war on France in support of the Dutch Republic (Nine Years' War)
• 1689-05-27 Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G. Fagel as Grand Pensionary of Holland
• 1690-07-10 Nine Years War: Battle of Beachy Head - French fleet under Tourville defeats Anglo-Dutch fleet under Cornelis Evertsen in the English Channel, near East Sussex [O.S. 30 June}
• 1691-07-22 Battle at Aghrim: English/Dutch army beats France
• 1691-10-03 English & Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland
• 1691-12-04 Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II as Viceroy of Southern Netherlands
• 1692-03-26 King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands
• 1692-05-29 Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France
• 1692-08-03 Battle of Steenkerque: French defeat William III's combined English/Dutch army
• 1693-06-27 1st sea battle of Lagos: a French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke
• 1693-07-04 Battle at Boussu-lez-Walcourt: French-English vs Dutch army
• 1693-07-29 War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen/Neerwinden - France wins Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands
• 1694-06-29 Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports
• 1695-05-12 English King William III departs to Netherlands
• 1695-08-11 English & Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk
• 1695-10-10 King William III escapes South Netherlands, back to England
• 1696-03-07 English King William III departs Netherlands
• 1697-02-04 Three Dutch East India Company ships anchor at Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia
• 1697-03-20 Dutch sea captain Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" (west coast of Australia)
• 1697-10-30 Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Dutch/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending the Nine Years' War

• 1698-10-11 France, England & Netherlands ratified the First Partition Treaty, which eventually led to the War of the Spanish Succession
• 1699-06-11 England, France & Netherlands agree on 2nd Extermination Treaty of Spain
• 1700-08-18 Swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark

• 1701-04-29 Drenthe, Netherlands, adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701
• 1701-05-12 Dutch province Drenthe adopts the Gregorian calendar, making the day before in Drenthe April 29, 1701
• 1701-09-07 Germany, England & Netherlands sign anti-French covenant
• 1702-05-14 England & Netherlands declare war on France & Spain
• 1702-10-07 British & Dutch troops under Marlborough occupy Roermond
• 1702-10-13 Dutch and English troops occupy Liège
• 1702-10-23 Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch & English fleet destroy & occupy Spanish silver fleet & French squadron
• 1703-05-18 Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne
• 1704-07-24 English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
• 1704-08-03 English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar
• 1704-08-04 War of Spanish Succession, English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar

• 1708-10-21 Dutch & English troops occupy Lille (Rijsel)

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