Gaspar Fagel, painted by Johannes Vollevens

Gaspar Fagel (January 25, 1634, The Hague - December 15, 1688) was a Dutch statesman. Fagel was born into a distinguished patrician family. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Moses Amyrauts Traite de la predestination is published Curaçao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Académie française The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden Market in London English establish a settlement... Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the Immortal Seven, invite William and Mary to depose James II of England. ...

He was elected Pensionary of Haarlem in 1633 and as such member (Grand Pensionary) of the States of Holland. In 1670, he was made Greffier (secretary) of the Staten-Generaal and in 1672 after the resignation and subsequent murder of de Witt Grand Pensionary. He was distinguished for his integrity and the firmness with which he repelled the attempts of Louis XIV of France against his country, and for his zeal in supporting the claims of the Prince of Orange to the English throne. Haarlem is a city in the west of the Netherlands, capital of the North Holland province. ... Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... A pensionary was a name given to the leading functionary and legal adviser of the principal town corporations in the Netherlands because they received a salary, or pension. ... The States of Holland and West Friesland were the representation of the three Estates (standen): Nobility, Clergy and Commons to the court of the Count of Holland. ... 1670 was a common year beginning on a Saturday in countries using the Julian calendar and a Wednesday in countries using the Gregorian calendar. ... The Estates-General (Staten-Generaal) is the parliament of the Netherlands. ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... De Witt is the name of some places in the United States of America: De Witt, Arkansas De Witt, Iowa De Witt, Nebraska There are also places named DeWitt. ... For the musical group of the same name, see Louis XIV (band). ... William III of England (14 November 1650–8 March 1702; also known as William II of Scotland and William of Orange) was a Dutch aristocrat and the Holy Roman Empires Prince of Orange from his birth, King of England and Ireland from 13 February 1689, and King of Scotland...