Cornelis de Witt

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Dutch politician (1623-1672)

About Cornelis de Witt

Cornelis de Witt (15 June 1623 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch States Navy officer and statesman. During the First Stadtholderless Period, De Witt was an influential member of the Dutch States Party, and was opposed to the House of Orange. In the Rampjaar of 1672, he and his brother Johan de Witt were lynched and their remains eaten by a crowd incited by Orangist partisans.

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Known for: Derde en naerder missive van den heer Cornelis de Witt, Gedeputeerde en Gevolmachtigde van de ... Staten generael ... op 's landts vloot, geschreven in 't schip d'Agata den 23 junii 1667, leggende ten ancker op de reviere van Chattam, Brieven van den heer Cornelis de Witt, Gedeputeerde ende Gevolmachtigde van de ... Staten generael der Vereenigde Nederlanden, uyt's landts vloot, gedateert den 20 ende den 22 junij, anno 1667, Het swart toneel-gordyn
Born: 1623-06-15
Died: 1672-08-20