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The Third Anglo-Dutch War came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Westminster between the English and the Dutch in 1674. Fourteen years later the Glorious Revolution , which saw Stadtholder William III ascend the throne of England, put an end to the Anglo-Dutch conflicts of the 17th century.
The Anglo–Dutch Wars (Dutch: Engels–Nederlandse Oorlogen) were mainly fought between the Dutch Republic and England (later Great Britain) in the mid-17th and late 18th century. The first three wars occurred in the second half of the 17th century over trade and overseas colonies , while the fourth was fought a century later.
The Third Anglo-Dutch War [a], began on 27 March 1672, and concluded on 19 February 1674. A naval conflict between the Dutch Republic and England , in alliance with France , it is considered a related conflict of the wider 1672 to 1678 Franco-Dutch War .
The Second Anglo-Dutch War; key battles Both sides planned a short war, since the English could not afford a long one, while the Dutch wanted to minimise any potential economic damage. [ 34 ] De Witt ordered his naval commander Jacob van Wassenaer to bring the English fleet to battle, although his ships were inferior in organisation, training ...
The Treaty of Westminster of 1674 was the peace treaty that ended the Third Anglo-Dutch War.Signed by the Dutch Republic and the Kingdom of England, the treaty provided for the return of the colony of New Netherland (now New York) to England and renewed the Treaty of Breda of 1667.
The Four Days' Battle [a] was a naval engagement fought from 11 to 14 June 1666 (1–4 June O.S.) during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.It began off the Flemish coast and ended near the English coast, and remains one of the longest naval battles in history.
Of Pieter de Bitter's early life and career nothing is known. His name first emerges in 1653, when during the First Anglo-Dutch War he is mentioned as the captain of the Mercurius, a vessel of forty cannon of the Dutch East India Company, that had been allocated to the squadron of Commodore Michiel de Ruyter, just prior to the Battle of Scheveningen. [1]
Leicester's Anglo-Dutch army consisted of 8,000 infantry—mainly English and Scottish, but also 1,400 Irish—and 3,000 cavalry. [5] Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex , led the cavalry, John Norreys the infantry, and William Pelham the camp, in which Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg , the deposed Archbishop of Cologne , and Manuel, son of the Prior ...