Cornelis, or Cornelius de Witt (1623-1672) was a Dutch statesman. Events August 6 - Pope Urban VIII is elected to the Papacy. ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ...

Brother of Johan de Witt, Cornelis was born at Dort, present Dordrecht. In 1650 he became burgomaster of Dort and member of the States of Holland and West Friesland. He was afterwards appointed to the important post of ruwaard or governor of the land of Putten and bailiff of Beierland. Johan de Witt (September 24, 1625 - August 20, 1672) was a significant Dutch political figure. ... This is about the Dutch city of Dordrecht. ... This article is about the region in the Netherlands. ... West-Friesland is a region in the north-western Netherlands, in the province North Holland. ... Putten is a municipality and a town in the middle Netherlands. ...

He associated himself closely with his greater brother, the grand pensionary, and supported him throughout his career with great ability and vigour. In 1667 he was the deputy chosen by the States of Holland to accompany Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter in his famous raid on the Medway. Cornelis de Witt on this occasion distinguished himself greatly by his coolness and intrepidity. He again accompanied De Ruyter in 1672 and took an honorable part in the great battle of Solebay against the united English and French fleets. Compelled by illness to leave the fleet, he found on his return to Dort that the Orange party were in the ascendant, and he and his brother were the objects of popular suspicion and hatred. He was arrested on false accusations of treason, but did not confess despite heavy torture and was ultimately unlawfully condemned to be banished. Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ... Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, 1607–1676, Lieutenant-Admiral-General of the United Provinces by Ferdinand Bol, painted 1667. ... Dutch Attack on the Medway, June 1667 by Pieter Cornelisz van Soest, painted c. ... Battle of Solebay Conflict Third Anglo-Dutch War Date 7 June 1672 Place Solebay, England Result Anglo_French tactical victory, Dutch strategic victory The Battle of Solebay, 7 June 1672, was the first naval battle of the Third Anglo_Dutch War. ...

He was assassinated by the same carefully organised lynch mob that killed his brother on the day he was to be released, victim of a conspiracy by the orangists Johan Kievit and Lieutenant-Admiral Cornelis Tromp. Both their bodies were horribly mutilated and their hearts were carved out to be exhibited as trophies. Today this is seen by the Dutch as the most shameful event in the history of Dutch politics. This is an incomplete list of persons that were assassinated for political and other reasons, and who have individual entries. ... Cornelis Tromp, 1629–1691 by Sir Peter Lely, painted c. ...

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