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Michiel de Ruyter

1607 - 1676

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Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (IPA: [miˈxil ˈaːdrijaːnˌsoːn də ˈrœytər]; 24 March 1607 – 29 April 1676) was a Dutch States Navy officer. His achievements with the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars earned him the reputation as one of the most skilled naval commanders in history. De Ruyter came from a modest background in Zeeland and began seafaring from an early age; by the age of 30 he had become a shipmaster in the Dutch merchant fleet. In 1641, De Ruyter briefly served as a rear admiral during the Portuguese Restoration War, after which he returned to a prosperous merchant career for a decade before retiring to his hometown of Vlissingen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michiel de Ruyter is the 181st most popular military personnel (down from 177th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 55th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Military Personnel.

Michiel de Ruyter was a Dutch admiral who led the Dutch fleet during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. He is most famous for his victory over the English at the Battle of Solebay in 1672.

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Among military personnels, Michiel de Ruyter ranks 181 out of 2,058. Before him are Semyon Budyonny, Maurice de Saxe, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Pittacus of Mytilene, Giovanni Giustiniani, and Józef Poniatowski. After him are Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Ernst Busch, Alois Brunner, Joachim Peiper, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., and Helmuth von Moltke the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1607, Michiel de Ruyter ranks 2. Before him is John Harvard. After him are Anna Maria van Schurman, Madeleine de Scudéry, Jan Lievens, Infante Carlos of Spain, Wenceslaus Hollar, Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Paul Gerhardt, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Antoine Gombaud, and Akile Hatun. Among people deceased in 1676, Michiel de Ruyter ranks 4. Before him are Pope Clement X, Alexis of Russia, and Sabbatai Zevi. After him are Francesco Cavalli, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Madame de Brinvilliers, Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, and Carl Gustaf Wrangel.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Michiel de Ruyter ranks 66 out of 1,646. Before him are Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870), Frank Rijkaard (1962), Theo van Doesburg (1883), Theo van Gogh (1857), and Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931). After him are Hugo de Vries (1848), L. E. J. Brouwer (1881), William II, Prince of Orange (1626), Pieter de Hooch (1629), Ronald Koeman (1963), and Mark Rutte (1967).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Netherlands

Among military personnels born in Netherlands, Michiel de Ruyter ranks 1. After him are Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587), Maarten Tromp (1598), Karel Doorman (1889), Henri Winkelman (1876), Charles II, Duke of Guelders (1467), and Lodewijk van Heiden (1773).

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