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Johan de Witt. Leader of Holland, 1653-72. Birthplace: Dordrecht, Netherlands Location of death: The Hague, Netherlands Cause of death: Murder. Gender: Male Race or Ethnic. Dutch statesman, was born at Dort (Dordrecht), on the 24th of September 1625. He was a member of one of the old burgher-regent families of his native town. His father, Jacob ...
- September 24, 1625
- August 20, 1672
4 de ene. de 2024 · Johan de Witt: That time the Dutch people ate their prime minister. Dutchies took "eat the rich" literally this time. Vlad Moca-Grama. Updated: January 4, 2024. The Dutch may seem civilized now, but anyone with some knowledge of European history knows that was not always the case in the past. Europe, including the Netherlands, was not an easy ...
Hace 3 días · The ultimate humiliation: the nude, flayed corpses of Johan and Cornelis de Witt on public display in the Groene Zoodje, the execution ground on the Vijverberg in the middle of The Hague. On 20 August 1672 they were assassinated by their political opponents. Johan had been the most powerful man in ...
Johan de Witt wrote and received many letters as a pensionery. His correspondence is very versatile and includes letters from important statesmen, foreign ministers, army commanders, scientists, artists, family members and numerous requests for a recommendation. The vast majority of the letters were written in the period 1653-1672, while a smaller part dates from before...
9 de dic. de 2022 · Kapal SS Johan de Witt Malam sebelum kapal merapat di pelabuhan Genoa, hati Ichsan berdebar kencang sebab babak terpenting bagi dirinya sebentar lagi menggelinding. Ia termenung di geladak SS Johan de Witt (1625-1672), salah seorang perdana menteri (Grand Pensionary 1653-1672) Belanda antimonarki yang paling cemerlang di abad XVII.
2 de feb. de 2022 · Johan de Witt served as Grand Pensionary, the most senior Dutch official during this period, for nearly 20 years. Despite his success, his reign came to an end during 1672, referred to as ‘the disaster year’ amongst the Dutch, when was lynched by an angry mob alongside his brother.
The Johan de Witt monument located on de Plaats, next to the Gevangenpoort Museum, was created by Fredrik Engels Jeltsema and unveiled by Queen Wilhelmina one hundred years ago, on 12th June 1918. The bronze and stone Johan and Cornelis de Witt monument in Dordrecht (below) was also created in 1918, by Toon Dupuis and Dirk Roosenburg.
