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Nicolaes Witsen

1641 - 1717

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Nicolaes Witsen (8 May 1641 – 10 August 1717; modern Dutch: Nicolaas Witsen) was a Dutch statesman who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times, between 1682 and 1706. In 1693, he became administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). In 1689, he was extraordinary-ambassador to the English court and became Fellow of the Royal Society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolaes Witsen has received more than 66,291 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolaes Witsen is the 10,565th most popular politician, the 473rd most popular biography from Netherlands and the 74th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nicolaes Witsen ranks 10,565 out of 15,577Before him are Kadan, Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Carl Jaenisch, Huey Long, and Julian Marchlewski. After him are William II Jordan, Pharnabazus III, Francesco Molin, Nofret II, Merkawre Sobekhotep, and Stojan Protić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1641, Nicolaes Witsen ranks 11Before him are François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Tokugawa Ietsuna, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Menno van Coehoorn, Nehemiah Grew, and Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg.  Among people deceased in 1717, Nicolaes Witsen ranks 8Before him are Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Jeanne Guyon, Samuel Bellamy, Anna Leszczyńska, Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and Magnus Stenbock. After him are Jean Jouvenet and Abdul Aziz Hotak.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nicolaes Witsen ranks 473 out of 1,427Before him are Willem Frederik Hermans (1921), Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Joachim Wtewael (1566), Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831), Albert Eckhout (1610), and Dick Nanninga (1949). After him are Nina Foch (1924), Pim Verbeek (1956), Teun A. van Dijk (1943), Roméo Dallaire (1946), Corrie ten Boom (1892), and Fons Rademakers (1920).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Nicolaes Witsen ranks 74Before him are Herman Willem Daendels (1762), Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625), Pieter Both (1568), Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (1634), Dirk Stikker (1897), and Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710). After him are Roméo Dallaire (1946), Louis Beel (1902), Jelle Zijlstra (1918), Barend Biesheuvel (1920), Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1612), and Frits Bolkestein (1933).