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Johan de Witt

1625 - 1672

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Johan de Witt (24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch statesman and mathematician who was a major political figure during the First Stadtholderless Period, when flourishing global trade in a period of rapid European colonial expansion made the Dutch a leading trading and seafaring power in Europe, commonly referred to as the Dutch Golden Age. De Witt was elected Grand Pensionary of Holland, and together with his uncle Cornelis de Graeff, he controlled the Dutch political system from around 1650 until the Rampjaar (Disaster Year) of 1672. This progressive cooperation between the two statesmen, and the consequent support of Amsterdam under the rule of De Graeff, was an important political axis that organized the political system within the republic. As a leading republican of the Dutch States Party, De Witt opposed the House of Orange-Nassau and the Orangists and preferred a shift of power from the central government to the regenten. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan de Witt is the 2,286th most popular politician (down from 1,836th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 64th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Dutch Politician.

Johan de Witt is most famous for being a Dutch statesman who was assassinated in 1672.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Johan de Witt ranks 2,286 out of 19,576. Before him are Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Louis the Younger, Nabopolassar, Antanas Smetona, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, and Psamtik III. After him are Mariamne I, Frederick the Fair, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Harold Wilson, Emperor Momozono, and Michel Aflaq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1625, Johan de Witt ranks 2. Before him is Giovanni Domenico Cassini. After him are Paulus Potter, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Carlo Maratta, Rasmus Bartholin, Erik Dahlbergh, Gregorio Barbarigo, Jean Domat, Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern, Pierre Nicole, and William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Among people deceased in 1672, Johan de Witt ranks 3. Before him are Heinrich Schütz, and John II Casimir Vasa. After him are Franciscus Sylvius, Peter Stuyvesant, Pedro Calungsod, Al-Rashid of Morocco, John Wilkins, Hümaşah Sultan, Marguerite of Lorraine, Adriaen van de Velde, and Adil Giray.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Johan de Witt ranks 79 out of 1,646. Before him are Han van Meegeren (1889), Peter Canisius (1521), Sylvia Kristel (1952), Dieric Bouts (1415), Herman Boerhaave (1668), and Willebrord Snellius (1580). After him are Gerrit Rietveld (1888), Petrus Christus (1410), William II of Holland (1228), Jan Oort (1900), Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), and William V, Prince of Orange (1748).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Johan de Witt ranks 11. Before him are Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), William I of the Netherlands (1772), James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649), William II of the Netherlands (1792), William II, Prince of Orange (1626), and Mark Rutte (1967). After him are William II of Holland (1228), Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), William V, Prince of Orange (1748), William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), and Wim Kok (1938).

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