User:DavidDijkgraaf

The Threatened Swan

Military history student at the University of Amsterdam in his early 20's trying to make the pages about Dutch military and diplomatic history better.

I also search the depths of the internet to find relevant paintings and illustrations.

I started editing Wikipedia when I noticed the vast disparity between the Wikipedia pages on the Wars of Louis XIV and the narratives in Dutch historiography. It seemed that wiki editors had favoured English and French sources over their Dutch counterparts. I can't blame them though. Dutch isn't exactly a widely known language, even under the historians of the period. In 2000 the historian Jamel Ostwald noted about the Anglo-American historiograhpy of the War of the Spanish Succession that:

A cannon shot.

... a perusal of the large number of English-language works on Marlborough will turn up the surprising fact that none bother to consult the secondary literature written by Dutch historians, much less delve into Dutch primary sources.[...] It is difficult to understand how British historians could be content to scapegoat the Dutch without even bothering to look at Dutch accounts. Until they do so, their conclusions will be based on questionable foundations.^[1]

I have tried, and still do, to balance the various pages by adding Dutch sources. My edits wil most often cover Dutch military and diplomatic history in the early modern age, with a focus on the 1650-1750 period, but occasionally I will venture outside that territory.

Images I uploaded

Pages Created by User

Do not say, "Why were the old days better than these?" For it is not wise to ask such questions.

–Ecclesiastes 7:10

BA This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.

Amsterdam around 1700.

Siege of Huy (1694)

Claude Frédéric t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly

Isaac Cronström

Philips van der Goes

Battle of Blanc-Nez and Gris-Nez

Siege of Naarden (1673)

Siege of Grave (1674)

Battle of Masulipatnam

Assault on Nijmegen (1702)

Field deputy (Dutch Republic)

Bombardment of Arras

Frederik Sirtema van Grovestins

Dutch Raid on North America^[a]

Battle of Stekene

Karel Willem Sparre

Battle of Tolhuis

Cornelis Beeckman

Bombardment of Givet

Jobst von Scholten^[b]

François van Aerssen

Willem Vleertman

Assault on Brussels (1708)

Battle of Woerden^[c]

Siege of Hulst (1702)

Capture of Liège (1702)

Currently creating (feel free to help out)

Draft:Dutch occupation of London

1688 invasion of England

Planned

Wars of Louis XIV

Siege of Saint-Vernant

Almost fully rewritten

François Nicolas Fagel

Battle of Landen

Battle of Steenkerque

Henry de Nassau, Lord Overkirk

Action of 12 March 1672

Hans Willem van Aylva

Battle of Leuze

Battle of Ekeren

Battle of Elixheim

Frederik Johan van Baer

Anthonie Heinsius

John William Friso

Siege of Lille (1708)

Godert de Ginkel, 1st Earl of Athlone

Siege of Bonn (1673)

Significantly improved

Battle of Fleurus (1690)

Franco-Dutch War

Battle of Seneffe

William III of England

Siege of Namur (1695)

Frederick Christiaan van Reede, 2nd Earl of Athlone

Battle of Malplaquet

War of the Spanish Succession

Glorious Revolution

Dutch political/military history through some of my favourite art works

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  Gaius Julius Civilis preaches revolt against the Romans to the Batavi. By Georg Sturm. (69)
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  Walter Dodde and the Bergisch farmers at the Battle of Worringen. By Peter Janssen. (1288)
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  The Battle of Zierikzee. By Petrus Johannes Schotel. (1304)
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  Jacqueline of Bavaria faces the corpse of William, Lord of Arkel after entering the conquered Gorinchem during the Hook and Cod Wars. By Charles Rochussen. (1417)
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  John IV, Duke of Brabant is forced to abandon the Siege of Dordrecht during the Hook and Cod Wars. By A. Otten van der Laen. (1418)
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  Jan van Schaffelaar jumps from the church tower in Barneveld during the Hook and Cod Wars. By Georg Sturm. (1482)
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  Frans van Brederode, one of the last leaders of the Hook faction dies in his cell after the battle of Brouwershaven were he was taken prisoner. By Johannes Hinderikus Egenberger. (1490)
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  The Schieringers in Medemblik asking Albert III, Duke of Saxony for protection. By Julius Schultz. (1498)
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  Maarten van Rossum's departure after his attack on Antwerp during the Guelders Wars. By Constantijn Francken. (1542)
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  Philip II of Spain Reproaches William of Orange in Vlissingen upon his Departure from the Netherlands. By Cornelis Kruseman. (1559)
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  The Last Honors to Counts Egmont and Hoorne. By Louis Gallait. (1568)
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  Battle near Fort Rammekens in which a Sea Beggar fleet defeated the Spanish fleet. By Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom and Karel van Mander the Younger. (1572)
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  Siege of Alkmaar. By Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate. (1573)
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  Siege of of Alkmaar. By Pieter Adriaensz Cluyt. (1573)
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  Sortie during the Siege of Leiden. Anonymous. (1574)
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  Capture of Breda. By Charles Rochussen. (1590)
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  Battle of the Narrow Seas. By Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom. (1602)
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  The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar. By Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen. (1607)
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  Maurice, Prince of Orange, dismissing the Scottish mercenaries of the Remonstrants in Utrecht. By Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot. (1618)
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  The surrender of 's-Hertogenbosch to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. By Charles Rochussen. (1629)
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  Maarten Tromp on his flagship just before the Battle of the Downs. By Charles Rochussen. (1639)
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  The Siege of Galle during the Dutch-Portuguese War. Anonymous. (1640)
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  The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster. By Gerard ter Borch. (1648)
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  The Great Assembly of the Staten-Generaal. By Bartholomeus van Bassen and Anthonie Palamedesz. (1651)
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  The Brederode of Maarten Tromp in combat with the Resolution at the Battle of Scheveningen. By Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten. (1653)
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  The Dutch fleet sails past the Swedish occupied Kronborg just before the Battle of the Sound. By Frederik Christian Lund (1658)
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  The arrival of the Dutch fleet at Copenhagen after the Battle of the Sound. By Carl Neumann. (1658)
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  The sacrifice of Antonius Hambroek during the Siege of Fort Zeelandia. By Jan Willem Pieneman. (1661)
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  The fall of New Amsterdam. By Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. (1664)
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  The Zeven Provinciën of Michiel de Ruyter at the Four Days' Battle. By Abraham Storck (1666)
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  Raid on the Medway. By Willem van der Stoop. (1667)
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  Cornelis de Witt watches the Battle of Solebay on board of De Zeven Provinciën. By Dominicus Anthonius Peduzzi. (1672)
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  The Burning of the HMS Royal James at the Battle of Solebay. By Willem van de Velde the Younger. (1672)
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  The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers. By Jan de Baen (1672)
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  William III of Orange's inspection of the Dutch Waterline. By Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht. (1672)
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  Surprise assault on Coevorden. By Pieter Wouwerman. (1672)
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  The Gouden Leeuw of Cornelis Tromp at the Battle of Texel. By Willem van de Velde the Younger. (1673)
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  The coronation of William and Mary during the Glorious Revolution. By Charles Rochussen. (1688)
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  William III crossing the Boyne. By Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht. (1690)
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  The Battle of Barfleur. By Ludolf Bakhuizen. (1692)
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  Menno van Coehoorn and Vauban meet in the ruins of the Citadel of Namur. By August Allebé. (1692)
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  Stadtholder-King William III at the head of English cavalry at the Battle of Landen. By Ernest Crofts. (1693)
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  French privateer Jean Bart boards the Dutch Prins Friso at the Battle of Texel. By François-Auguste Biard. (1694)
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  The Anglo-Dutch bombardment of the French privateers hub of Dunkirk. Anonymous. (1695)
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  Battle of Vigo bay. Anonymous. (1702)
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  Menno van Coehoorn at the Siege of Bonn. By Anthonius Brouwer. (1703)
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  The Battle of Ekeren. By Constantijn Francken. (1703)
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  The chamberlain of John William Friso, the Prince of Orange, is shot during the Siege of Lille. By Jacob de Vos (1708)
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  The Prince of Orange at the Battle of Malplaquet. By Anthonius Brouwer. (1709)
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  The Prince of Orange at the Battle of Malplaquet. By Charles Rochussen. (1709)
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  The Prince of Orange at the Battle of Malplaquet. By Arie Martinus Luijts (1709).
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  The welcome by the mayors of Rotterdam of William IV, Prince of Orange and his consort Anne of Great Britain. By Jacob Spoel. (1734)
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  The Siege of Bergen op Zoom. By Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe. (1747)
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  The Battle of Castricum. By Charles Rochussen. (1799)
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  Carel Hendrik Ver Huell guides a Batavian flotilla around Cap Gris-Nez and through the British blockade. By Martinus Schouman. (1805)
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  Dutch Brigade in action during the Peninsular War, by Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht. (1808-1809)
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  The last fight of the Dutch 3rd Regiment Grenadiers of the Guard at the Battle of Krasnoi. By Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht. (1812)
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  Dutch soldiers at the Battle of Berezina. By Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht. (1812)
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  Dutch and French soldiers crossing the Berezina river. By Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht. (1812)
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  The Battle of Quatre-Bras. By Jan Willem Pieneman. (1815)
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  The Battle of Waterloo. By Jan Willem Pieneman. (1815)
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  David Hendrik Chassé leads the third division against the Imperial Guard at the Battle of Waterloo. By Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht. (1815)
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  A Dutch sutler with her dead husband at the Battle of Waterloo. By Jacobus Josephus Eeckhout. (1815)
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  Dutch and Prussian troops meet eachother at the Battle of Waterloo. By Jan Hoycnk van Papendrecht. (1815)
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  The capture of Diponegoro during the Java War. By Nicolaas Pieneman. (1830)
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  The flight of the Hussars of Boreel during the fighting in Brussels as a result of the Belgian Revolution. By Joseph van Severdonck. (1830)
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  The replacement of the injured horse of the Prince of Orange during the Battle of Boutersem. Anonymous. (1831)
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  The Siege of the Citadel of Antwerp, by Horace Vernet. (1832)
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  The bombardment of Shimonoseki, By Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest. (1863)
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  Transport of colonial soldiers, shipped to fight in the Aceh War. By Isaac Israëls. (1883)
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  Dutch intervention in Lombok. By Jan Hoycnk van Papendrecht. (1894)
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  J.B. van Heutsz with his staff at the storming of the Batèë Iliëk during the the Aceh War. By Jan Hoycnk van Papendrecht. (1901)

Some favourites about other countries

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  Vercingetorix surrendering to Julius Caesar. By Henri-Paul Motte. (52
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  Vercingetorix Throws Down His Arms at the Feet of Julius Caesar. By Lionel Royer. (52)
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  Stańczyk during a ball at the court of Queen Bona in the face of the loss of Smolensk. By Jan Matejko. (1514)
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  The Battle of Pavia. By Rupert Heller. (1525)
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  The Battle of Lepanto. By Juan Luna. (1571)
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  Burnt Village. By Albert Edelfelt. (1596)
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  Cardinal Richelieu at the Siege of La Rochelle. By Henri-Paul Motte. (1628)
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  The Battle of Rocroi. By Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau. (1641)
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  The morning after the assault on Copenhagen. By Christian Mølsted (1659)
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  Reception of the Grand Condé at Versailles following the Battle of Seneffe. By Jean-Léon Gérôme. (1674)
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  Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks. By Ilya Repin. (1676)
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  The Great Sleigh Drive. By Wilhelm Simmler. (1679)
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  The Recapture of Buda. By Gyula Benczúr. (1686)
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  The Bombardment of Brussels. Anonymous. (1695)
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  Launch of the Galley "Principium" in Voronezh by Peter the Great. By Yury Alexandrovich Kushevsky (1696).
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  Bringing Home the Body of King Charles XII. By Gustaf Cederström. (1718)
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  The Battle of Hohenfriedberg. By Carl Röchling. (1745)
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  The Battle of Copenhagen. By Christian Mølsted. (1801)
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  The Surrender of the French to Spanish forces after the Battle of Bailén. By José Casado del Alisal. (1808)
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  Armed Spaniards defending the pulpit of the Church of San Agustín de Zaragoza in the second siege of Zaragoza. By César Álvarez Dumont. (1809)
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  Episode of the September Days during the Belgian Revolution, By Gustaaf Wappers. (1830)
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  The Last Stand of the British 44th Regiment at the Battle of Gandamak. By William Barnes Wollen. 1842
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  Remnants of an Army. By Elizabeth Thompson. (1842)
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  Danish soldiers return to Copenhagen during the First Schleswig War. By Otto Blanche (1849)

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1. With help of User:Ereunetes, User:Fxzeds and User:Robinvp11
2. Together with User:Admiral Fisker
3. Together with User:VidarVN

Source

• Ostwald, Jamel (2000). "The 'Decisive' Battle of Ramillies, 1706: Prerequisites for Decisiveness in Early Modern Warfare". History. 42 (3): 649–677. doi:10.2307/120864. JSTOR 120864.

References

1. Ostwald 2000, p. 663–664.

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