History and chronology of Michael Adriaanszoon de Ruyter in Holland

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General

Anglo Dutch Wars, 1st
Anglo Dutch Wars, 2nd
Anglo Dutch Wars, 3rd
Franco Dutch War
Military
Northern War, The 1st
Thity Years War, The

Events

Battle Augusta
Battle Cape St Vincent
Battle Dungeness
Battle Foreland, Nth
Battle Four Days Battle
Battle Kentish Knock
Battle Nyborg
Battle Plymouth
Battle Portland
Battle Schooneveldt Bank
Battle Sheerness
Battle Sole Bay
Battle Stromboli
Battle Texel
Birth
Captain
Capture Kormantine
Death
Declaration War
Invasion Barbados
Lieutenant Admiral
Rear Admiral
Rule Acadia
Rule French Guiana
Siege Barbados
Siege Copenhagen
Siege Thames
Treaty Breda
Treaty Westminster
Vice Admiral

Places

Augusta
Barbados
Breda
Cape St Vincent
Copenhagen
Dungeness
Flushing
Foreland, Nth
Kentish Knock
Kormantine
London
Nyborg
Plymouth
Portland
River Thames
Schooneveldt
Sheerness
Sole Bay
Stromboli
Syracuse
Texel

Michael Adriaanszoon de Ruyter History of Holland


1607	Birth
24th Mar Flushing Birth of Michael Adriaanszoon de Ruyter
1635	Captain
Appointed Merchant Captain
1641	Battle of Cape St Vincent
Cape Vincent Distinguishes himself at the Battle of Cape St Vincent
1641	Rear Admiral
Appointed Rear Admiral
1652	Battle of Dungeness
10th Dec Dungeness Fights with distinction under Martin van Tromp
1652	Battle of Kentish Knock
28th Sep Kentish Knock Fights with distinction under Cornelis de Wit
1652	Battle of Plymouth
26th Aug Plymouth Ruyter wins a victory over George Ayscue's channel squadron
1652	Rear Admiral
July Appointed Member of the Council
July Appointed Member of the Dutch Navy
1653	Battle of Portland
13th Feb Portland Fights at the Battle of Portland
1653	Vice Admiral
Aug Appointed Vice Admiral
1659	Battle of Nyborg
24th Nov Nyborg Michael de Ruyter defeats the Swedish under Philip of Sulzbach
24th Nov Nyborg Trans ports a Danish-Allied Army from Jutland to Fyn
1659	Siege of Copenhagen
11th Feb Copenhagen Drives the Swedes away from Copenhagen
1664	Capture of Kormantine
Kormantine Captures Kormantine, Guinea Coast, from the English
1665	Declaration of War
May The Dutch recapture African ports taken by the English & de Ruyter attacks Barbados
1665	Invasion of Barbados
May Barbados De Ruyter attacks Barbados
1665	Lieutenant Admiral
Appointed Lieutenant-Admiral
1665	Siege of Barbados
May Barbados Ruyter attacks Barbados
1666	Battle of Foreland, Nth
25th July Foreland, Nth Monck breaks the Thames blockade defeating de Ruyter who loses about 20 ships
1666	Battle of Four Days Battle
1st June River Thames 1-4 June, 20 English ships are lost to the Dutch fleet led by de Ruyter
1st June River Thames Monck retreats to the Thames which is then blockaded by de Ruyter
1667	Battle of Sheerness
7th June Sheerness Sales up the Medway to Upnor Castle & sinks 7 ships
1667	Rule of Acadia
21st July Breda Under the treaty of Breda the French retain French Acadia & French Guiana
1667	Rule of French Guiana
21st July Breda Under the treaty of Breda the French retain French Acadia & French Guiana
1667	Siege of Thames
17th June River Thames Launches a Dutch raid up the River Thames
22nd June River Thames Sails back from his raid of the Thames with the English flagship
1667	Treaty of Breda
21st July Breda England gains New York & New Jersey
21st July Breda Negotiates the treaty Ends of Breda which ends the war
21st July Breda The Dutch retain Pulo-Run & Dutch Guiana
21st July Breda Under the treaty of Breda the French retain French Acadia & French Guiana
1672	Battle of Schooneveldt Bank
28th May Schooneveldt Rupert attacks de Ruyter's fleet at its coastal anchorage
28th May Schooneveldt Ruyter counters & the English suffer heavy losse
7th June Schooneveldt Forced to retire after the arrival of Prince Rupert's Squadron
1672	Battle of Sole Bay
28th May Sole Bay Reinforcements save the the English
28th May Sole Bay The French withdraw & de Ruyter moves with 75 ships against a smaller English force
28th May Sole Bay There are great losses & the Duke of York abandons his flagship twice
7th June Sole Bay Forced to retire after the arrival of Prince Rupert's Squadron
1673	Battle of Texel
11th Aug Texel Ordered by William of Orange to protect an East Indies convoy
21st Aug Texel Fends off an attack by Prince Rupert
21st Aug Texel Ruyter's victory prevents an Anglo-French invasion
1674	Treaty of Westminster
19th Feb London Ends the Anglo-Dutch War
1676	Battle of Augusta
22nd April Augusta Injutred during an incoclusive battle against Duquesne off the Gulf of Augusta
1676	Battle of Stromboli
8th Jan Stromboli Fights an inconclusive battle against Duquesne
1676	Death
29th April Syracuse Dies of wounds received in battle against Duquesne off the Gulf of Augusta