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Poppo werd op 2 augustus 1603 'in den oorlogh gebooren' en wel in Oostende, waar zijn vader, jonker Johan van Burmania, als kapitein was gelegerd. Zelf nam hij ook dienst in het Staatse leger. Tientallen jaren trok hij als kapitein met zijn troepen rond in de Nederlanden. In 1674 - hij was toen al 71 - wordt hij nog vermeld als luitenant-kolonel en commandant van de lijfgarde van stadhouder Hendrik Casimir II (Prins van Nassau-Dietz). In "Enege gedenckwerdege geschiedenissen" beschrijft Poppo zijn belevenissen en waarnemingen uit de jaren 1622-1674. Als betrokken militair vertelt hij over kruitdampen, belegeringen, heldenmoed, verwondingen, sterfgevallen, wreedheden en militaire tactiek, maar hij vermeldt ook algemene gebeurtenissen zoals besmettelijke ziekten, weersgesteldheden en branden. Veel aandacht besteedt hij aan de vele Oranjes en Nassaus met wie hij in nauw contact stond. Zijn onopgesmukte verhaal brengt de lezer direct in contact met een leven getekend door oorlog.

Op 15 Sep 1674, when he was 71, Poppo wrote to the Prins of Nassau: "Dese compagnijen sijn bij mij":
- One of the 12 was Capitain Osenbrugge.

Read also what he wrote here.

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Birthday August 2, 1603

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1603: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 24 » James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.
    • March 24 » Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.
    • July 25 » James VI of Scotland is crowned king of England (James I of England), bringing the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal union. Political union would occur in 1707.
    • November 17 » English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.

Day of death August 30, 1676

  • 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 1676: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 17 » Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are lost at Evangelistas Islets at the western end of the Strait of Magellan.
    • June 2 » Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
    • August 12 » Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
    • September 19 » Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
    • November 21 » The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
    • December 4 » The Danish army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish army commanded by the Swedish king Charles XI at the Battle of Lund, to this day it is counted as the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history and a turning point in the Scanian War.


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