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Pieter Both

1568 - 1615

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Pieter Both (1568 – 6 March 1615) was the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Not much is known of his early years. In 1599, Both was already an admiral in the New, or Brabant Company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pieter Both has received more than 68,676 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Pieter Both is the 9,558th most popular politician, the 407th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 70th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pieter Both ranks 9,558 out of 15,577Before him are George Koval, Anna Walentynowicz, Iajuddin Ahmed, Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Sa'dun Hammadi, and Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. After him are Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Iolu Abil, Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, José Félix Estigarribia, Abdirashid Shermarke, and Murad Giray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1568, Pieter Both ranks 15Before him are Giuseppe Cesari, Anna Vasa of Sweden, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza, Marino Ghetaldi, and Michael Maier. After him are Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Juan Martínez Montañés. Among people deceased in 1615, Pieter Both ranks 12Before him are Heo Jun, Dom Justo Takayama, Virginia de' Medici, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, and Claudio Acquaviva. After him are Marcantonio Memmo, Adriaan van Roomen, and Melchior Vulpius.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pieter Both ranks 407 out of 1,427Before him are Herman Willem Daendels (1762), Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), Herman Gorter (1864), Cornelis Cort (1533), Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625), and Herman Snellen (1834). After him are Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Adriaen van de Venne (1589), Caspar van Wittel (1653), Louis Couperus (1863), Ronald de Boer (1970), and Johannes Willebrands (1909).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Pieter Both ranks 70Before him are Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), Anna van Egmont (1533), Dirk I, Count of Holland (875), Johannes van den Bosch (1780), Herman Willem Daendels (1762), and Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625). After him are Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (1634), Dirk Stikker (1897), Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Nicolaes Witsen (1641), Roméo Dallaire (1946), and Louis Beel (1902).