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.
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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 Day Battle - Episode uit de vierdaagse zeeslag (Willem van de Velde I, 1693).jpg
Four Days' Battle of 1 to 4 June 1666
- De ruyter de witt texel img 9310.jpg
De Ruyter and De Witt's embarkment at Texel in 1667, by Eugène Isabey
- Willem van de Velde I - Battle of Texel 1673 NTIII FEL 1401180.jpg
The Dutch naval victory over an Anglo-French fleet at the Battle of Texel, August 1673, was a key moment in ensuring Dutch survival.
- Jan van Essen - Fleet review before Naples.jpg
The Viceroy of Naples pays tribute to De Ruyter's fleet in Naples after the Battle of Stromboli by Jan van Essen
- 1676 Augusta (mort Ruyter).jpg
Battle of Augusta in April 1676
- Het praalgraf van De Ruyter in de Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam Het koor van de Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam met het praalgraf van Michiel de Ruyter, SK-A-1642.jpg
Tomb in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, made by Rombout Verhulst and painted by Emanuel de Witte
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