Jan Corneliszoon Meppel ( – 2 November 1669) was a Dutch admiral who took the place of
Pieter Floriszoon
Pieter Florisz (1602 or 1606, Monnickendam – 8 November 1658, Øresund) was a Dutch Vice Admiral during the 17th century. He died during the Battle of the Sound.
History
Pieter Florisz was born around 1600 in Monnickendam and lived there until ...
after his death. He fought in the
Four Days' Battle
The Four Days' Battle, also known as the Four Days' Fight in some English sources and as Vierdaagse Zeeslag in Dutch, was a naval battle of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Fought from 1 June to 4 June 1666 in the Julian or Old Style calendar that ...
, the
St. James's Day Battle
St James' Day Battle (also known as St James' Day Fight, the Battle of the North Foreland and the Battle of Orfordness) took place on 25 July 1666 — St James' day in the Julian calendar then in use in England (4 August 1666 in the Gregoria ...
, and the
Raid on the Medway
The Raid on the Medway, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in June 1667, was a successful attack conducted by the Dutch navy on English warships laid up in the fleet anchorages off Chatham Dockyard and Gillingham in the county of Kent. At the ...
.
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17th-century Dutch people
1610s births
1669 deaths
Admirals of the navy of the Dutch Republic
Dutch naval personnel of the Anglo-Dutch Wars
People from Hoorn
Year of birth uncertain