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Anglo-Dutch Wars
The Sovereign of the Seas, an English galleon of the Anglo-Dutch Wars. Launched in 1637, this was the largest warship of its time and the first to carry 100 guns. The prominent beak at its bow soon went out of fashion, but its three gun decks and low sterncastle and forecastle set the pattern for ships of the line for the rest of the sailing era. Contemporary engraving by J. Jayne.
Anglo-Dutch Wars
European history
Also known as: Dutch Wars, Engelse Oorlogen
Quick Facts
- Also called:
- Dutch Wars
- Dutch:
- Engelse Oorlogen
- Date:
- March 1665 - July 1667
- 1672 - 1674
- July 8, 1652 - April 1654
- December 20, 1780 - May 1784
- Location:
- Chatham
- Dogger Bank
- East Indies
- West Indies
- England
- Participants:
- Dutch Republic
- France
- England
- Context:
- Dutch War
Anglo-Dutch Wars, four 17th- and 18th-century naval conflicts between England and the Dutch Republic. The first three wars, stemming from commercial rivalry, established England’s naval might, and the last, arising from Dutch interference in the American Revolution, spelled the end of the republic’s position as a world power. The First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–54) began during a tense period following England’s institution of the 1651 Navigation Act, which was aimed at barring the Dutch from involvement in English sea trade. An incident in May 1652 resulting in the defeat of a Dutch force under Adm. Maarten Tromp led England to declare ...(100 of 514 words)