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Born September 24, 1625 • Dordrecht • Netherlands
Died August 20, 1672 (aged 46) • The Hague • Netherlands
Role In Treaty of Breda

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Cornelis Tromp, detail of an oil painting by Sir Peter Lely and Willem van de Velde; in the Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam
Cornelis Tromp
Dutch admiral
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, count of Nassau
prince of Orange
Maarten Tromp
Maarten Tromp
Dutch admiral
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Dutch admiral
Anthonie Heinsius, engraving by L.A. Claesens, after a portrait by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Anthonie Heinsius
Dutch statesman
William III
William III
king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Henry Bennet, 1st earl of Arlington
English statesman
Sir William Temple, detail of a painting attributed to Peter Lely, 1660; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir William Temple, Baronet
English statesman
Sir William Penn
British admiral
Cornelis de Houtman
Dutch explorer
Frederik de Houtman
Dutch explorer
William I
William I
stadholder of United Provinces of The Netherlands
Maurice, prince of Orange
Maurice
stadholder of The Netherlands
Jan Pieterszoon Coen, detail of an oil painting by an anonymous artist, first half of the 17th century; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Dutch merchant and statesman
Peter Minuit
Peter Minuit
Dutch colonial governor
Pieter Geyl
Dutch historian
John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice Of Nassau
count of Nassau-Siegen
Floris V
count of Holland
Willem Drees
prime minister of the Netherlands