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Jan Pieterszoon Coen

1587 - 1629

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Jan Pieterszoon Coen (Dutch pronunciation: [jɑn ˈpitərsoːŋ ˈkun]; 8 January 1587 – 21 September 1629) was a Dutch naval officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early 17th century, holding two terms as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. He was the founder of Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies. Renowned for providing the impulse that set the VOC on the path to dominance in the Dutch East Indies, he was long considered a national hero in the Netherlands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Pieterszoon Coen has received more than 366,407 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jan Pieterszoon Coen is the 445th most popular military personnel (up from 502nd in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 163rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Military Personnel.

Jan Pieterszoon Coen was a Dutch East India Company (VOC) official who was the governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1618 to 1623. He is most famous for his role in the massacre of Amboina in 1623.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jan Pieterszoon Coen ranks 445 out of 2,058. Before him are Petre Dumitrescu, Viktor Kulikov, Yoshiko Kawashima, Erich Kempka, Muqali, and Vjekoslav Luburić. After him are Armando Diaz, Guillaume Brune, Xiahou Yuan, Charles Sweeney, Karl Mack von Leiberich, and Georg-Hans Reinhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1587, Jan Pieterszoon Coen ranks 5. Before him are Francesca Caccini, Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, Joost van den Vondel, and Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares. After him are Samuel Scheidt, Stefano Landi, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Magdalene of Bavaria, Esaias van de Velde, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Johannes Fabricius. Among people deceased in 1629, Jan Pieterszoon Coen ranks 4. Before him are Abbas the Great, Carlo Maderno, and Gabriel Bethlen. After him are Hendrick ter Brugghen, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Otto van Veen, Pietro Bernini, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Giorgi Saakadze, Mehmed III Giray, and Sigismondo d'India.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Pieterszoon Coen ranks 161 out of 1,646. Before him are Antonia Brico (1902), Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), Piet Keizer (1943), Eugène Dubois (1858), Aelbert Cuyp (1620), and Theo van Gogh (1957). After him are Pier Gerlofs Donia (1480), Ferdinand Bol (1616), John II, Count of Holland (1247), Cees Nooteboom (1933), Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976), and Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Netherlands

Among military personnels born in Netherlands, Jan Pieterszoon Coen ranks 2. Before him are Michiel de Ruyter (1607). After him are Maarten Tromp (1598), Henri Winkelman (1876), Charles II, Duke of Guelders (1467), Karel Doorman (1889), and Lodewijk van Heiden (1773).

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