Marten Harpertszoon Tromp (April 23, 1598–August 10, 1653) was an officer and later admiral in the Dutch navy. Events January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... Events January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Admiral is a word from the Arabic term Amir-al-bahr (Lord of the bay). ... A rare occurrence of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. ...

Born in Den Briel, Tromp sailed the seas from the age of nine, and joined the Dutch navy as a lieutenant in 1621. His first distinction was being Piet Hein's flag captain during the attack on Dunkirk in 1629. His ship, at that time, was the Vliegende Groene Draeck. Brielle, also called Den Briel, (population: 15,948 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Events February 9 - Gregory XV is elected pope. ... Piet Heyn, 1577-1629 Piet Pieterszoon Hein (also written as Heyn) (November 25, 1577 – June 18, 1629) was a Dutch naval officer and folk hero during the Eighty Years War between the Netherlands and Spain. ... Location within France For other uses of Dunkirk or Dunkerque, see Dunkirk (disambiguation). ... Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ...

Tromp became Lieutenant-Admiral of Holland and West Frisia in 1637. Events February 3 - Tulipmania collapses in Netherlands by government order February 15 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor December 17 - Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermats last theorem. ...

In 1639, in the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain, Tromp defeated a large Spanish fleet bound for Flanders towards the end of the Eighty Years' War at the Battle of the Downs. Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... This article is about the Belgian region Flanders and the eponymous historical region of the Low Countries. ... The Eighty Years War, or Dutch Revolt, was the war of secession between the Netherlands and the Spanish king, that lasted from 1568 to 1648. ... Before the Battle of the Downs, 31 October 1639, showing Tromps flagship Amelia by Reinier Nooms, painted c. ...

In the First Anglo-Dutch War of 1652–1653 Tromp commanded the Dutch fleet in the battles of Dungeness, Portland, the Gabbard and Scheveningen, in which he was killed by a sharpshooter in the rigging of William Penn's ship. His acting flagcaptain Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer kept up morale by not lowering Tromp's standard, pretending the commander of the fleet was still alive. The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653 by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, painted c. ... // Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... The naval Battle of Dungeness took place on 10 December 1652 during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the cape of Dungeness in Kent. ... The Battle of Portland, also known as the Three Days Battle, was a naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... The Battle of the Gabbard, 12 June 1653 by Heerman Witmont, shows the Dutch flagship Brederode, left, in action with the English ship Tredagh, the later HMS Resolution. ... The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653 by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, painted c. ... Admiral Sir William Penn, 1621–1670 by Sir Peter Lely, painted 1665–1666. ... Lieutenant-Admiral Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer by Bartholomeus van der Helst, painted 1660. ...

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During his career, his main rival was Vice-Admiral Witte de With, who also served the Admiralty of Rotterdam (the Maas). Witte Corneliszoon de With (28 March 1599-8 November 1658) was a Dutch naval officer of 17th century. ...

Tromp, a "sea hero", was immensely popular with the common people, a sentiment expressed by the greatest of Dutch poets, Joost van den Vondel in a famous poem describing his marble grave monument in Delft showing the admiral on his moment of death with a burning British fleet on the background: Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) was born in the Große Witschgasse in Cologne. ... Delft City Hall (Stadhuis) Delft is a city in South Holland (Zuid-Holland), the Netherlands, located halfway between Rotterdam and The Hague (Den Haag). ...

Here rests the hero Tromp, the brave protector

of shipping and free sea, serving free land

his memory alive in artful spectre

as if he had just died at his last stand

His knell the cries of death, guns' thunderous call

a burning Brittany too Great for sea alone

He's carved himself an image in the hearts of all

more lasting than grave's splendour and its marble stone

One of Tromp's sons, Cornelis Tromp later also became commander of the Dutch navy, as Lieutenant-Admiral-General, and even earlier commanded the Danish navy. Cornelis Tromp, 1629–1691 by Sir Peter Lely, painted c. ...