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Personal data Johan Jacobsz de Witt 


Household of Johan Jacobsz de Witt

He is married to Wendela Jansdr Bicker.

They got married on February 16, 1655 at Amsterdam, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Anna Johansdr de Witt  1655-1725 
  2. Agnes de Witt  1658-1688 
  3. Catharina de Witt  1659-1667
  4. Maria de Witt  1660-1689 
  5. Johan Johansz de Witt  1662-1701 
  6. Elisabeth de Witt  1664-1665
  7. Cornelis de Witt  1665-????
  8. Elisabeth de Witt  1666-1668


Notes about Johan Jacobsz de Witt

Johan en Cornelis de Witt, beroemde regenten uit de 17e eeuw waren nazaten uit dit geslacht. Johan werd met zijn broer Cornelis door orangisten vermoord en op gruwelijke wijze verminkt. De moord behoort tot de meest gedenkwaardige in de vaderlandse geschiedenis.

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Birthday September 24, 1625

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1625: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 27 » Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
    • April 1 » A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Portuguese War.
    • May 2 » Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa.
    • June 13 » King Charles I of England marries Catholic princess Henrietta Maria of France and Navarre, at Canterbury.

Day of marriage February 16, 1655

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1655: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 14 » The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655.
    • April 23 » The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.
    • August 23 » Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    • September 8 » Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
    • December 18 » The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.
    • December 27 » Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.

Day of death August 20, 1672

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1672: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 15 » Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
    • May 2 » John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
    • May 5 » In preparation for the Franco-Dutch War, Louis XIV of France personally inspects his troops at Charleroi in one of the most magnificent displays of military power in the seventeenth century.
    • August 20 » Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are lynched by an angry mob in The Hague.

Day of burial August 22, 1672

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1672: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 15 » Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
    • May 2 » John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
    • May 5 » In preparation for the Franco-Dutch War, Louis XIV of France personally inspects his troops at Charleroi in one of the most magnificent displays of military power in the seventeenth century.
    • August 20 » Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are lynched by an angry mob in The Hague.


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