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Maarten Tromp

1598 - 1653

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Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp or Maarten van Tromp (23 April 1598 – 31 July 1653) was an army general and admiral in the Dutch navy during much of the Eighty Years' War and throughout the First Anglo-Dutch War. Son of a ship's captain, Tromp spent much of his childhood at sea, during which time he was captured by pirates and enslaved by Barbary corsairs. In adult life, he became a renowned ship captain and naval commander, successfully leading Dutch forces fighting for independence in the Eighty Years' War, and then against England in the First Anglo-Dutch War, proving an innovative tactician and enabling the newly independent Dutch nation to become a major sea power. He was killed in battle by a sharpshooter from an English ship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maarten Tromp is the 614th most popular military personnel (up from 673rd in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 257th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Maarten Tromp ranks 614 out of 2,058. Before him are Živojin Mišić, Hitoshi Imamura, Abdallah ibn Sa'd, Anton Dostler, Ettore Bastico, and Henri Gatien Bertrand. After him are Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Charles Sweeney, Christian de Castries, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, and Frederick Browning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1598, Maarten Tromp ranks 7. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Francisco de Zurbarán, Bonaventura Cavalieri, François Mansart, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, and Eleonora Gonzaga. After him are Johann Crüger, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Michael van Langren, Daniele Crespi, and Bartholomeus Breenbergh. Among people deceased in 1653, Maarten Tromp ranks 3. Before him are Artemisia Gentileschi, and Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg. After him are Gabriel Naudé, Luigi Rossi, Robert Filmer, Simon de Vlieger, Jan Wildens, Adriaen van Utrecht, Lucrezia Marinella, Théophraste Renaudot, and Claudius Salmasius.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Maarten Tromp ranks 234 out of 1,646. Before him are Patrick Kluivert (1976), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Adriaen de Vries (1556), Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920), John Goodricke (1764), and Willem Kalf (1619). After him are Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606), Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), Jan Janszoon (1570), Princess Christina of the Netherlands (1947), Hans Kramers (1894), and Anton Geesink (1934).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Netherlands

Among military personnels born in Netherlands, Maarten Tromp ranks 3. Before him are Michiel de Ruyter (1607), and Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587). After him are Karel Doorman (1889), Henri Winkelman (1876), Charles II, Duke of Guelders (1467), and Lodewijk van Heiden (1773).

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