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Nicolaes Witsen

1641 - 1717

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Nicolaes Witsen (Dutch: Nicolaas Witsen; 8 May 1641 – 10 August 1717) was a Dutch statesman who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times, between 1682 and 1706. In 1693, he became administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). In 1689, he was extraordinary-ambassador to the English court and became Fellow of the Royal Society. In his free time, he was a cartographer, maritime writer, and an authority on shipbuilding. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 18 in 2024). Nicolaes Witsen is the 10,281st most popular politician (down from 9,934th in 2024), the 441st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 448th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nicolaes Witsen ranks 10,278 out of 19,576. Before him are Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Lucius Scribonius Libo, and Lucius Papirius Cursor. After him are Vadim Bakatin, Vima Kadphises, Jacques Duclos, Eemil Nestor Setälä, Miro, Hiempsal II, Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Æthelred of Mercia, and Aulus Postumius Albinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1641, Nicolaes Witsen ranks 11. Before him are Regnier de Graaf, Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Nehemiah Grew, Titus van Rijn, and Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. After him are Dositheus II of Jerusalem, Menno van Coehoorn, and Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland. Among people deceased in 1717, Nicolaes Witsen ranks 8. Before him are Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Jeanne Guyon, Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Samuel Bellamy, Anna Leszczyńska, and Magnus Stenbock. After him are Jean Jouvenet, Abraham Darby I, and Abdul Aziz Hotak.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nicolaes Witsen ranks 441 out of 1,646. Before him are Rinus Israël (1942), Jan Dirksz Both (1618), Dirck Hals (1591), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Johannes Kleiman (1896), and Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692). After him are Aldo van Eyck (1918), Thomas de Keyser (1596), Jan Akkerman (1946), Nikolaus Gerhaert (1420), Jacob Israël de Haan (1881), and Pierre Kartner (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Nicolaes Witsen ranks 73. Before him are Frans Timmermans (1961), Anna van Egmont (1533), Dirk I, Count of Holland (875), Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885), Dirk Jan de Geer (1870), and Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692). After him are Herman Willem Daendels (1762), Philippa of Guelders (1464), Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625), Barend Biesheuvel (1920), Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), and Johannes van den Bosch (1780).

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