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Piet Pieterszoon Hein

1577 - 1629

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Piet Pieterszoon Hein (25 November 1577 – 18 June 1629) was a Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War. Hein was the first and the last to capture a large part of a Spanish treasure fleet which transported huge amounts of gold and silver from Spanish America to Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Piet Pieterszoon Hein has received more than 270,184 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Piet Pieterszoon Hein is the 21st most popular pirate (down from 20th in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 219th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Pirate.

Piet Pieterszoon Hein was a Dutch admiral who is most famous for his victory over the Spanish navy at the Battle of the Downs in 1639.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Piet Pieterszoon Hein ranks 21 out of 29. Before him are Charles Vane, Ching Shih, Edward England, Jan Janszoon, Stede Bonnet, and Samuel Bellamy. After him are Thomas Tew, Jean Lafitte, Edward Low, Awilda, Roche Braziliano, and Cheung Po Tsai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Piet Pieterszoon Hein ranks 10. Before him are Nur Jahan, François Leclerc du Tremblay, Scipione Borghese, Cristofano Allori, Paul Guldin, and Dmitry Pozharsky. After him are Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jacob Cats, Mario Minniti, and Robert Burton. Among people deceased in 1629, Piet Pieterszoon Hein ranks 6. Before him are Abbas the Great, Carlo Maderno, Gabriel Bethlen, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, and Hendrick ter Brugghen. After him are 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, Piet Pieterszoon Hein ranks 249 out of 1,646. Before him are William I, Count of Holland (1167), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Ben Feringa (1951), Hans Kramers (1894), Patrick Kluivert (1976), and Jozef Israëls (1824). After him are Saskia Sassen (1947), Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), Jan Peter Balkenende (1956), Johann Weyer (1515), Aletta Jacobs (1854), and C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817).

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Among PIRATES In Netherlands

Among pirates born in Netherlands, Piet Pieterszoon Hein ranks 2. Before him are Jan Janszoon (1570). After him are Roche Braziliano (1630).

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