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What Happened in August 1653

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Historical Events

  • Aug 10 Battle of Scheveningen: Final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War, English fleet defeats a Dutch fleet led by Maarten Tromp who himself is killed by a sharpshooter in the rigging of William Penn's ship
  • Aug 15 -16] Dutch ship "Sperwer" stranded at Tsjedzjoe, Korea

Events in 1653

Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 8 Jacques Basnage, French historian and vicar (History of the Reformed Churches), born in Rouen, France (d. 1723)
  • Aug 9 John Oldham, English satirical poet, born in Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire (d. 1683)
  • Aug 14 Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (d. 1688)
Born in 1653

Famous Deaths

Maarten Tromp (1598-1653)

Aug 10 Dutch admiral (Eighty Years' War, First Anglo-Dutch War), killed in the Battle of Scheveningen by a sharpshooter at 55

Maarten Tromp
  • Aug 29 Gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49

Famous People by Generation

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