Anglo-Dutch Wars 1652–1784

Dutch Republic ⚔ Kingdom of Great Britain

Key battles

• Battle of Goodwin Sands (1652)

Who lived through the Anglo-Dutch Wars

Well-known people alive during 1652–1784:

• Isaac Newton (1643–1727) — English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
• Napoleon (1769–1821) — French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) — German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) — Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)
• George Washington (1732–1799) — Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) — German composer (1770-1827)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) — German composer (1685–1750)
• Voltaire (1694–1778) — French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) — German philosopher (1724-1804)
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) — Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
• Molière (1622–1673) — French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
• Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) — Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
• Adam Smith (1723–1790) — Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
• Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) — American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
• Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) — Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)
• John Locke (1632–1704) — English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
• Rembrandt (1606–1669) — Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) — German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
• Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) — Japanese poet (1644–1694)
• Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) — French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) — German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
• Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) — Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
• John Adams (1735–1826) — Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735–1826)
• James Cook (1728–1779) — British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
• Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) — King of France and of Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)

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