Michiel de Ruyter

Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (1607 – 1676) was a famous Dutch admiral.

De Ruyter was born in Vlissingen. He fought the English in the three Anglo-Dutch Wars and scored several huge victories. He won amongst others the Four Days Battle and the Raid on Medway, close to London, the English capital. He also fought battles against Sweden and France. He died because of injuries he got on a battle against France, he is buried in Amsterdam.

Michiel De Ruyter Media

Michiel de Ruyter. Gravure naar het leven van Gerbrand van den Eeckhout omstreeks 1654. Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam. Gevonden in N. Aartsma, Michiel de Ruyter, 1943
De Ruyter and the Dutch fleet before Algiers, 1662
Battle council on the Zeven Provinciën, 10 June 1666 by Van de Velde the younger
Four Days' Battle of 1 to 4 June 1666
De Ruyter and De Witt's embarkment at Texel in 1667, by Eugène Isabey
The Dutch naval victory over an Anglo-French fleet at the Battle of Texel, August 1673, was a key moment in ensuring Dutch survival.
The Viceroy of Naples pays tribute to De Ruyter's fleet in Naples after the Battle of Stromboli by Jan van Essen
Battle of Augusta in April 1676
Tomb in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, made by Rombout Verhulst and painted by Emanuel de Witte