1672 in the Netherlands explained

Events from the year 1672 in the Dutch Republic

Events

• Siege of Groningen
• Siege of Groenlo
• Battle of Solebay
• Rampjaar

Deaths

• January 21 – Adriaen van de Velde, painter (b. 1636)^[1]
  • • August 20 Cornelis de Witt, politician (b. 1623)^[2]
  • Johan de Witt, politician (b. 1625)
• October 8 – Johan Nieuhof, traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil (b. 1618)^[3]
• November 16 – Esaias Boursse, painter (b. 1631)^[4]
• November 19 – Franciscus Sylvius, physician and scientist (b. 1614)^[5]
• December 30 – Hendrick Bloemaert, painter (b. 1601)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Cornelis. Bart. Adriaen Van de Velde: Master of the Dutch Landscape. Schapelhouman. Marijn. Paul Holberton Publishing. 2016. 978-1-907372-96-4. London. en.
2. Righteous Citizens: The Lynching of Johan and Cornelis DeWitt,The Hague, Collective Violens, and the Myth of Tolerance in the Dutch Golden Age, 1650-1672. UCLA. 2018. en. Ingrid Frederika. DeSanto.
3. Book: Miller. Peter N.. Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta Van Varick. Krohn. Deborah L.. Filippis. Marybeth De. Bard Graduate Center, Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture. 2009. 978-0-300-15467-2. New York. 395. en.
4. Book: Ingamells, John. The Wallace Collection: Dutch and Flemish. Trustees of the Wallace Collection. 1985. 978-0900785375. Ann Arbor, MI. 48. en.
5. Book: Chen. Thomas S.. Understanding the Liver: A History. Chen. Peter S.. Greenwood Press. 1984. 978-0-313-23472-9. Santa Barbara, CA. 63. en.
6. Book: Matters of Taste: Food and Drink in Seventeenth-century Dutch Art and Life. Syracuse University Press. 2002. 978-0-8156-0747-2. Barnes. Donna R.. Syracuse, NY. 44. en. Rose. Peter G..